Pouawa Beach surf break

Pouawa Beach surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 11 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 10AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (11 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
4
3
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.7
E
1.5
NE
1.8
NE
1.9
NE
2.2
NE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
6.5
ENE
6.5
NE
5
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.8
ESE
1.4
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)10101212121212121110101111121211101010109151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6535636341042111214392424264427243141432463851020611309697115651283947778495348299825684
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
50
ENE
55
NE
65
NE
60
NE
50
N
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.34
12:31PM
1.24
12:58AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:31AM
0.36
6:44PM
0.35
7:19AM
0.36
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise--6:30-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset----5:45-------5:44-------5:43---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---11-221-116535--------
Temp. °C171718181818181919202020202121212018192122201818
Feels °C (?)171617161616151615151312111314151313151820171615
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