Rolling Stones surf break

Rolling Stones surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
16.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Rolling Stones today?

The current surf forecast for Rolling Stones at 8PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)15ft (4.5m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
1.8
SE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)11111010101010101199109999998881488
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)510946274075339528102477209117367321012848399383375260230202190136132100131134135
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
SSW
30
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
W
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
0
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
1.78
9:55PM
1.89
10:30AM
1.74
10:54PM
1.82
11:26AM
1.68
11:54PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:43PM
0.12
4:21AM
0.11
4:40PM
0.12
5:19AM
0.11
5:38PM
0.12
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset--5:30-------5:29-------5:28-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
311111------------------
Temp. °C1312131212121212121313131212121112141412111099
Feels °C (?)54545666799109101091012121110877
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