Sponge bay surf break

Sponge bay surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 03 Apr 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
19.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sponge bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sponge bay at 8AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)12121717161515141313121212121111111191010101018
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3653043684817987306313842992811871471259184473030391010101031
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
ENE
25
ENE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
1.93
7:44AM
1.96
8:10PM
1.94
8:20AM
1.93
8:49PM
1.93
8:56AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.48
1:59PM
0.46
2:15AM
0.49
2:36PM
0.45
2:56AM
0.52
3:13PM
0.48
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----7:22-------7:22-------7:24---
Sunset------6:59-------6:57-------6:55-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141313131416171615141414151819181715151516181818
Feels °C (?)121111111213131212111112131515151513131415151415
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