Rolling Stones surf break

Rolling Stones surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rolling Stones today?

The current surf forecast for Rolling Stones at 9AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest 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)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (12 Apr)--
Evening (12 Apr)--

Table - waves today at Rolling Stones. (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
0
1
1
1
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
E
3.5
E
4
E
0.1
SW
5
ENE
6
ENE
7
NE
3
E
2.5
E
2.1
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)101010121112121211101010161515141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)156520332957600026661575902557474191174376437407390384506421414392365
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
55
ENE
55
ENE
60
NE
45
NW
40
WNW
40
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
25
WNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
1.47
1:04PM
1.37
1:34AM
1.46
1:56PM
1.38
2:23AM
1.48
2:49PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
0.38
7:13PM
0.41
7:50AM
0.35
8:06PM
0.38
8:38AM
0.31
9:01PM
0.33
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise--6:33-------6:33-------6:35-----
Sunset----5:45-------5:43-------5:42---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11112321-------------1--
Temp. °C191920202020202120192022192019171718192121161616
Feels °C (?)151414131212151513151820182018161616171920121313
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