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Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
20.7° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 1PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (13 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.9
NE
1.3
NE
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
1
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
0.7
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
NE
0.3
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)9991245121466666661366665555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13821112770111971516933598045271512152563493832
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
35
NE
35
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
N
10
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
1.32
2:41PM
1.32
3:14AM
1.31
3:29PM
1.29
4:02AM
1.31
4:18PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
0.35
8:56PM
0.30
9:21AM
0.38
9:42PM
0.32
10:11AM
0.39
10:30PM
0.33
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-5:56-------5:56-------5:58------
Sunset-----8:34-------8:32-------8:32--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171719202020191918192324272520181718212123242119
Feels °C (?)161516161415171818192322252220181819212022242119
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