Rolling Stones surf break

Rolling Stones surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 08 Sep 2025 NZST
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
13.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Rolling Stones today?

The current surf forecast for Rolling Stones at 6AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (09 Sep)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)111010101010111113121211111111111010678999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)854612524463412409482426485358275285285226169202158111465816757790565418
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
0
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
10
E
15
E
15
NE
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
WNW
35
W
30
W
35
WSW
25
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
1.62
6:48PM
1.75
7:14AM
1.71
7:39PM
1.80
8:06AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
0.15
12:30PM
0.11
1:04AM
0.11
1:21PM
0.09
1:55AM
0.09
2:16PM
0.10
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise----6:18-------6:18-------6:16---
Sunset------5:52-------5:53-------5:53-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C9876912121010101011141518151311101011121210
Feels °C (?)664379854446101012963214787
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rolling Stones (light winds from the WSW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 12 km from Rolling Stones). 1.5m 11s groundswell from the S to make surfable waves.

    Rolling Stones
Expand
<
>
View all

1 h 2 min ago

9 km/h
WSW
Clean
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

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
Nearest
Nearest