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Sponge bay surf break

Sponge bay surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 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
20.5° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sponge bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sponge bay at 12AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)101099999999913131314131313131312566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)543534333333323233222135333361605958565552475247
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
NW
15
NW
5
NW
5
E
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NE
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
1.78
3:41AM
1.76
3:55PM
1.71
4:26AM
1.72
4:47PM
1.66
5:20AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:31PM
0.67
9:57AM
0.78
10:15PM
0.71
10:46AM
0.81
11:06PM
0.74
11:42AM
0.82
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----5:58-------6:00-------6:01--
Sunset-8:34-------8:34-------8:32------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------2----2321------11
Temp. °C282622211919202324212019181820242624191817171717
Feels °C (?)262321222020212424222119181820232423171715151413
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