Rolling Stones surf break

Rolling Stones surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
18.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rolling Stones today?

The current surf forecast for Rolling Stones at 2PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (31 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (31 Mar)4ft (1.2m)16s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.2
S
2.4
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)1717161667161514141313121313131313121212121217
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)364368334248257321719245737462726194215831229112710251009810810885635871657646700
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
WNW
15
SSW
25
SW
35
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
0
SSE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
1.63
5:24PM
1.54
5:45AM
1.61
6:16PM
1.57
6:35AM
1.61
7:05PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
0.21
11:36PM
0.22
12:04PM
0.24
12:26AM
0.25
12:53PM
0.28
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise--7:20-------7:22-------7:22-----
Sunset-----7:04-------7:01-------7:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----221-----------------
Temp. °C171717181514141313131415151312111010131516141312
Feels °C (?)17171514910109101011121211111089131313111010
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