Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 NZST
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Pouawa Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pouawa Beach sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 1PM is: 5.5m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (12 Apr)20ft (6.0m)11s
Evening (12 Apr)21ft (6.5m)12s

Table - waves today at Pouawa Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
2
4
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
6
ENE
6.5
NE
6.5
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
NNE
0.8
ESE
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)1110101111121211101010991514141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)288229584767585288231130910951134014619107634523262928251014714618600498498414334309
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
45
ENE
50
ENE
55
NE
60
NE
55
NE
45
NW
40
WNW
40
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
0.36
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:33-----
Sunset----5:44-------5:43-------5:40---
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111134------------------
Temp. °C192020202021222120182021212019171717192222191615
Feels °C (?)151513121114161513141719191919161515182019161313
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