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Sponge bay Surf Forecast
/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) / New Zealand (442 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (38.70° S 178.06° E)

Sponge bay Surf Forecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

1 h 8 min ago

How big are the waves at Sponge bay today?
The current surf forecast for Sponge bay at 3PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 06). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (06 Feb) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
Afternoon (06 Feb) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
Evening (06 Feb) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Sponge bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Monday 06 | Tuesday 07 | Wednesday 08 | Thursday 09 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 52 | 50 | 49 | 33 | 33 | 46 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 42 | 29 | 42 | 23 | 42 | 41 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 41 | 81 | 81 | 59 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 88 | 176 | 194 | 210 | 269 | 264 | 267 | 236 | 229 | 123 | 119 | 168 | 168 | 145 | 141 | 158 | 158 | 116 | 274 | 330 | 399 | 294 | 283 | 283 | 504 | 328 | 388 | 396 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:45AM 1.75 | 8:00PM 1.72 | 8:25AM 1.80 | 8:42PM 1.77 | 9:03AM 1.86 | 9:22PM 1.81 | 9:41AM 1.90 | 10:02PM 1.84 | 10:21AM 1.93 | 10:41PM 1.85 | 11:01AM 1.94 | 11:21PM 1.85 | 11:40AM 1.92 | 12:02AM 1.84 | 12:20PM 1.89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:01PM 0.78 | 2:04AM 0.67 | 2:43PM 0.74 | 2:46AM 0.64 | 3:22PM 0.68 | 3:26AM 0.60 | 4:00PM 0.64 | 4:07AM 0.58 | 4:39PM 0.60 | 4:46AM 0.56 | 5:19PM 0.57 | 5:26AM 0.55 | 5:59PM 0.56 | 6:07AM 0.56 | 6:39PM 0.54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is for Gisborne, New Zealand which is 5 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Sponge bay.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 06 | Tuesday 07 | Wednesday 08 | Thursday 09 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
Summary | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | light rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | mod. rain | mod. rain |
Rain (mm) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
Temp. °C | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C (?) | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - |
Sunset | - | - | - | 8:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:09 |
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