Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 22 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Today's Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road sea temperature is
20.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road today?

The current surf forecast for Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road at 10PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 22). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)--
Afternoon (22 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (22 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

Table - waves today at Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010101099999999999999999101012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45939432718313010313913676787679595739383824252527784946
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55PM
1.88
10:22AM
1.99
10:38PM
1.91
11:04AM
2.01
11:21PM
1.93
11:47AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58PM
0.63
4:01AM
0.56
4:39PM
0.58
4:43AM
0.52
5:21PM
0.53
5:26AM
0.50
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset-8:30-------8:30-------8:29------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262422212019222425242118181617191918171616161922
Feels °C (?)252220201817202122221814151212131313121111121519
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