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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 07 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
19.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Sponge bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sponge bay at 12AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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)
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 (?)
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)776776666666666667157131366
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3826222222211414141212121276678178141377
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
E
0
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
10
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
5
SSE
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
5
SW
10
SE
15
ENE
10
ESE
0
S
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18PM
1.94
10:47AM
2.07
11:10PM
1.96
11:38AM
2.06
12:00AM
1.96
12:26PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
0.57
4:27AM
0.53
5:07PM
0.57
5:20AM
0.56
5:56PM
0.58
6:09AM
0.59
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----5:52-------5:52-------5:52--
Sunset-8:35-------8:35-------8:35------
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C191918181616191918181717171723242525232018182426
Feels °C (?)192020181616191716191817161622222325241917172425
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