Tuahuru Reefs Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Tuahuru Reefs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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 14.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tuahuru Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahuru Reefs at 7PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (16 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	E	E	E	S	SSE	SSE	E	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	8	11	8	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	54	54	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	17	27	41	60	58	58	56	56	56	53	55	43	43	56	40
Wind (km/h)	ENE	S	S	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SE	E	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	ENE	ENE	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:29PM 1.49				2:58AM 1.37				3:25PM 1.45				3:55AM 1.34					4:19PM 1.41				4:48AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			8:49PM 0.20				9:07AM 0.23				9:45PM 0.23					10:03AM 0.26				10:37PM 0.24				10:56AM 0.28

	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	11	12	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	16	19	20	22	17	14	14	14	16	19
Feels °C (?)	15	11	1	5	4	6	8	8	6	6	6	8	10	11	13	16	15	17	13	11	10	10	11	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Tuahuru Reefs (moderate winds from the SW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 3 km from Tuahuru Reefs). 0.6m 8s swell from the SE with a 0.3m 3s local chop from the ENE and a 0.3m 7s swell from the NE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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