Sponge bay surf break

Sponge bay surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 21 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Sponge bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sponge bay sea temperature is
20.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Sponge bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sponge bay at 9PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

Table - waves today at Sponge bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
1
SSW
1
S
1
S
1.3
S
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)98681111111010999986678121110999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3635357314817011986755042262522807310921346131321815811186
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
ESE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
W
10
SE
20
E
10
ESE
10
S
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
25
SSE
5
E
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
2.07
10:09PM
2.02
10:29AM
2.06
10:54PM
2.03
11:16AM
2.03
11:42PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
0.45
4:15AM
0.46
4:47PM
0.42
5:01AM
0.46
5:33PM
0.41
5:49AM
0.49
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:43-------6:43
Sunset---8:00-------7:59-------7:58----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161719191715151519192020191716151618171716141515
Feels °C (?)161514141412131317171619181413131315121614121313
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