Rolling Stones surf break

Rolling Stones surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.5°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 2AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1615156655661110101010810101012121111104
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)201717182516973122233484722311819292825121119
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
E
5
NE
5
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39PM
1.65
12:03PM
1.68
12:29AM
1.62
12:53PM
1.63
1:21AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35PM
0.20
5:51AM
0.27
6:23PM
0.26
6:43AM
0.34
7:11PM
0.33
7:35AM
0.41
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-----5:52-------5:54-------5:54--
Sunset-8:37-------8:37-------8:37------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272522212020242728282625242327323330262424222417
Feels °C (?)262422212020242627272423201923282926222120182213
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