Table Cape Reefs surf break

Table Cape Reefs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Table Cape Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for Table Cape Reefs at 2PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Afternoon (17 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (17 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
E
2.3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
E
Period(s) (?)1515141413131212121211111111111066668101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7967967246366085073923082362281671581219182525070108194620188127053001
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WSW
5
S
10
E
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
25
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
0
E
10
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffglasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
1.38
5:26PM
1.31
5:53AM
1.42
6:17PM
1.36
6:41AM
1.47
7:06PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
0.30
11:36PM
0.26
12:11PM
0.24
12:27AM
0.21
1:00PM
0.18
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:24-------7:23-------7:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------1127522
Temp. °C161616161818171616151617181818171718181717171717
Feels °C (?)161617151614121212121313141416161918161413121212
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