Sponge bay surf break

Sponge bay surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 01 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
19.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Sponge bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sponge bay at 11PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)--
Afternoon (01 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121212171716151514131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6795785964844844764473833833713653043684377986325763842992091871479491
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:50PM
1.90
7:07AM
1.96
7:31PM
1.93
7:44AM
1.96
8:10PM
1.94
8:20AM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54AM
0.49
1:21PM
0.48
1:35AM
0.48
1:59PM
0.46
2:15AM
0.49
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:22-
Sunset-7:01-------7:00------6:59-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151514131212131415151413131314161716151413141519
Feels °C (?)101111111010121213131211111112131312121110121316
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