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Tuahuru Reefs surf break

Tuahuru Reefs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 23 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Tuahuru Reefs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tuahuru Reefs sea temperature is
20.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tuahuru Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahuru Reefs at 6PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (23 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (23 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)9999999999999910101010121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)445375320325318230192155123959573748087656668134134137137174169
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
25
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
35
WNW
40
NW
35
NW
25
SW
5
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
1.49
10:19PM
1.38
10:41AM
1.50
11:07PM
1.40
11:27AM
1.50
11:56PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20PM
0.19
4:32AM
0.19
5:05PM
0.16
5:19AM
0.18
5:51PM
0.15
6:09AM
0.19
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:09-------6:09
Sunset---8:30-------8:30-------8:30----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C212324242119181616181617171717161820222118181716
Feels °C (?)202223211915139811111611910101215181612121210
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