Rolling Stones surf break

Rolling Stones surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 16 Feb 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 11PM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)--
Afternoon (16 Feb)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (16 Feb)7ft (2.1m)10s

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

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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)111010999131212121211111110101010131212121113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)166811086984323332952161813032632541981651651561229898134118205195147165
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
15
WNW
5
SW
10
E
15
NNE
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48PM
1.42
6:16AM
1.55
6:39PM
1.44
7:05AM
1.58
7:29PM
1.49
7:53AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
0.33
12:33PM
0.31
12:49AM
0.27
1:22PM
0.26
1:35AM
0.22
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:37-------6:39--
Sunset-8:07-------8:07-------8:06------
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C211917161615192223221817161619192019181817161920
Feels °C (?)181514151513162222201616151619181818161615151920
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