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 5 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 13.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tuahuru Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahuru Reefs at 11AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s
Evening (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s

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

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	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
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 (?)	ENE	NE	E	E	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	NW	SE	SE	SE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	4	4	10	10	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	2	10	10	9	4	5	5	5	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2	1	2	2	2	21	31	57	65	67	65	54	53	36	36	1	20	23	25	18	5	17	4	0
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	WSW	SW	SSE	NE	NNE	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:16AM 1.49				12:48PM 1.54				1:15AM 1.44				1:47PM 1.51				2:14AM 1.40				2:46PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			6:31AM 0.12				7:07PM 0.17				7:29AM 0.16				8:06PM 0.21				8:26AM 0.19					9:04PM 0.22

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	15	16	17	15	14	14	15	15	16	20	20	19	15	14	15	15	17	19	19	17	15	13
Feels °C (?)	7	8	9	12	14	13	10	12	13	13	13	16	16	13	8	7	9	9	11	14	15	13	11	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Tuahuru Reefs (strong winds from the WSW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 3 km from Tuahuru Reefs). 0.4m 9s swell from the ESE with a 0.1m 10s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 37 min ago

39 km/h

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Cross-Off

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