Rolling Stones surf break

Rolling Stones surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 03 Apr 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
18.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rolling Stones today?

The current surf forecast for Rolling Stones at 10AM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)121615141413131212121212111111111099919181616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66718321697135210637716535134092802242161571198657534160812956139181
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
E
20
ENE
25
NE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:23AM
1.62
7:52PM
1.67
8:10AM
1.63
8:36PM
1.71
8:55AM
1.64
9:19PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
0.29
1:40PM
0.33
2:01AM
0.33
2:24PM
0.37
2:47AM
0.37
3:07PM
0.41
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise--7:24-------7:24-------7:26-----
Sunset----6:59-------6:58-------6:55---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121215181816151514141618191717151514171919171716
Feels °C (?)101013151412111212131517161415141413171816141514
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