Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Rolling Stones today (16 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Rolling Stones at 10AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Rolling Stones. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 12 | SSE 10 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 11 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | ESE 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 216 | 151 | 124 | 121 | 99 | 74 | 117 | 224 | 194 | 144 | 138 | 133 | 122 | 119 | 83 | 110 | 330 | 320 | 281 | 236 | 224 | 147 | 187 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 9:14AM1.76m | 9:39PM1.68m | 9:58AM1.72m | 10:25PM1.64m | 10:45AM1.66m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:05AM0.33m | 3:31PM0.34m | 3:51AM0.39m | 4:19PM0.39m | 4:38AM0.42m | 5:05PM0.42m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | | | | | |  | |  | |  | | | |  | |  | |  | |
 | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:00 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Temp °C | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Feels °C | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 10 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 11 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 |
| kJ | 216 | 151 | 124 | 121 | 99 | 59 | 117 | 224 | 194 | 144 | 138 | 133 | 122 | 119 | 83 | 110 | 330 | 320 | 281 | 236 | 224 | 147 | 174 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SSW 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SSW 13 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 6 | S 16 | SSW 6 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 4 | 28 | 17 | 39 | 53 | 74 | 53 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 42 | 33 | 97 | 34 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 47 | 13 | 52 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | NE 4 | SE 12 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SE 10 | SSW 8 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 14 | S 14 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | E 11 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 17 | SSW 10 | SE 13 | SE 13 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 42 | 21 | 58 | 18 | 63 | 28 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WNW 2 | WNW 2 | WNW 3 | — | NE 3 | ENE 3 | — | — | NW 3 | NW 3 | N 2 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | — | NE 6 | ENE 7 | ESE 7 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 27 | 52 | 63 | — | 38 | 154 | 187 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 65 | 47 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Gisborne and Mahia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Rolling Stones surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest