Rolling Stones Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Rolling Stones surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 13.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Rolling Stones today?

The current surf forecast for Rolling Stones at 8PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s

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

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSE	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	14	14	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	10	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	51	32	50	70	103	567	698	949	990	891	805	723	551	471	427	400	485	1127	875	734	400	413	273	273
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WNW	N	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:37PM 1.66					3:06AM 1.52				3:30PM 1.62				3:59AM 1.49				4:21PM 1.60				4:51AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			8:57PM 0.22					9:17AM 0.23				9:50PM 0.24				10:11AM 0.23				10:42PM 0.25				11:02AM 0.25

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	15	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	6	9	12	12	10	9	7	6	8	11	16
Feels °C (?)	15	14	10	6	5	3	3	2	2	2	4	5	5	3	6	8	6	3	4	2	2	4	7	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Rolling Stones (strong winds from the W at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 12 km from Rolling Stones). 0.6m 10s swell from the S with a 0.2m 15s groundswell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 29 minutes ago Rolling Stones

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1 h 29 min ago

43 km/h

Cross-Off

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