Tuahuru Reefs surf break

Tuahuru Reefs surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 20 Nov 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 7AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
3
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NE
3
NE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)9109101010101010101010999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15691552418363313584573512480416373283232227299255238190154127127127127130
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
20
SSE
20
E
15
E
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
N
20
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
25
N
15
W
10
W
15
N
10
WNW
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:38AM
1.39
6:54PM
1.34
7:21AM
1.42
7:38PM
1.35
8:03AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
0.26
12:51PM
0.31
1:06AM
0.26
1:36PM
0.30
1:50AM
0.25
2:21PM
0.29
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise---5:41-------5:41-------5:39----
Sunset-------8:05-------8:06-------8:07
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-57---------------------
Temp. °C191819202220181919201919202223262120192117161515
Feels °C (?)171619202117161819201919181819211919162015121314
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