Tuahuru Reefs surf break

Tuahuru Reefs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 10 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
19.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
E
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.6
N
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.5
NE
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)777876348687777744555888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88151187561381010999911161942111155
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
E
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
SW
30
S
25
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
1.42
12:12PM
1.49
12:42AM
1.38
1:00PM
1.42
1:31AM
1.35
1:48PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01AM
0.18
6:33PM
0.16
6:50AM
0.25
7:20PM
0.21
7:39AM
0.30
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise---5:52-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:37-------8:36-------8:36
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221202224242728272524273132302625232223171817
Feels °C (?)232321182122222426242120222729272221191820121414
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