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Rolling Stones surf break

Rolling Stones surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Rolling Stones surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rolling Stones sea temperature is
20.2° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rolling Stones today?

The current surf forecast for Rolling Stones at 7AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Evening (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s

Table - waves today at Rolling Stones. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)12121111101816151412121111131211111110101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2928139956188302417885763543449386547350279223206196156153146111
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
W
15
WSW
15
S
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
10
W
20
SSE
20
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21AM
1.60
1:43PM
1.58
2:14AM
1.58
2:32PM
1.55
3:05AM
1.58
3:20PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:11PM
0.33
7:35AM
0.41
7:58PM
0.40
8:27AM
0.46
8:45PM
0.46
9:17AM
0.50
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:54-------5:56-------5:56----
Sunset-------8:37-------8:36-------8:36
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262423212418201817171717202121212019201923211917
Feels °C (?)222119172216181615151515171716171819191822181616
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