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Sponge bay surf break

Sponge bay surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 10 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
19.7° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 12PM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.4
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
E
0.5
S
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)713566611101098877712121181817161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)813977791191714138881411105160274873143
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
NE
10
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
30
S
20
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:26PM
2.03
12:49AM
1.93
1:09PM
1.99
1:35AM
1.90
1:49PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
0.59
6:44PM
0.58
6:55AM
0.63
7:28PM
0.59
7:40AM
0.67
8:10PM
0.61
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-5:52-------5:54-------5:54------
Sunset-----8:35-------8:35-------8:35--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181924252527262321212732332925252421251917171717
Feels °C (?)161823232326241917172328302522212018231414151516
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