Rolling Stones surf break

Rolling Stones surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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 3AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
E
0.2
SSW
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)7661212121166111111661615555712666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222121464626251312111196320175633221515738
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NNW
10
W
10
W
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
E
10
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
10
E
5
NE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
1.73
10:23AM
1.82
10:51PM
1.69
11:13AM
1.75
11:39PM
1.65
12:03PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
0.14
4:46PM
0.15
5:00AM
0.20
5:35PM
0.20
5:51AM
0.27
6:23PM
0.26
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---5:50-------5:52-------5:52----
Sunset-------8:37-------8:37-------8:37
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C181717171818191917171818232528242222202125282930
Feels °C (?)181817171817181917171817212327232121192125272829
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