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Table Cape Reefs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Table Cape Reefs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Table Cape Reefs sea temperature is
20.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Table Cape Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for Table Cape Reefs at 10AM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

Table - waves today at Table Cape Reefs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
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
5
5
3
4
4
4
3
1
0
2
3
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
E
1.9
E
1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
5.5
ENE
4
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
E
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)77141414788910111111111010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34938138245858575812091743308949196151406430732338191914791224978800667639564430333
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
40
NE
45
NE
50
NE
50
NE
55
NE
65
NE
60
NE
25
NNE
5
N
10
SW
25
W
15
W
10
W
10
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNE
5
NNE
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31AM
1.47
8:49PM
1.35
9:14AM
1.48
9:34PM
1.36
9:57AM
1.49
10:19PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
0.22
2:53PM
0.25
3:01AM
0.20
3:37PM
0.21
3:46AM
0.19
4:20PM
0.19
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-6:03-------6:05-------6:07------
Sunset-----8:31-------8:31-------8:30--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1123689111971-------------
Temp. °C171717171617171818202121232422211919222324242119
Feels °C (?)12121111910998112024242222211816202225231815
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