Table Cape Reefs surf break

Table Cape Reefs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.4° C
(Which is 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 4AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (18 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
E
1.6
E
2
E
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
E
4
ESE
3.5
E
3.5
ESE
3
E
3.5
SE
3
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121212111111116666768111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3923082362281671581219182827188128212496203526102691346225112824211224861678
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
NE
10
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.42
6:17PM
1.36
6:41AM
1.47
7:06PM
1.43
7:30AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
0.26
12:11PM
0.24
12:27AM
0.21
1:00PM
0.18
1:18AM
0.16
1:49PM
0.12
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----7:07-------7:07-------7:09---
Sunset-------7:23-------7:22-------7:21
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------121311112--
Temp. °C171716161618181818181819191818171717171717171717
Feels °C (?)131312131315141416181716161414131212121211121212
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Table Cape Reefs surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest