Tracks Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.07° S 177.83° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 08 Nov 2025 NZDT

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Tracks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Tracks sea temperature is 16.8° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 7PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (08 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (08 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

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

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	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	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	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	17	17	17	17	15	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	163	129	126	90	88	88	100	100	147	147	118	142	132	124	113	106	94	90	85	50	47	45	42	40
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	W	W	NW	NNW	S	E	ENE	NE	W	WNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	N	N	NNE	N	NNE	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:53PM 1.87				9:18AM 2.01				9:51PM 1.84					10:13AM 1.96				10:48PM 1.79				11:10AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	2:42PM 0.11				3:03AM 0.12				3:41PM 0.10				3:59AM 0.12					4:39PM 0.10				4:57AM 0.13

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	21	21	18	17	16	17	18	20	21	21	17	16	16	18	22	23	23	21	20	19	19	18	21	21
Feels °C (?)	18	20	17	16	16	18	18	19	20	21	16	16	16	18	22	22	21	19	19	18	18	17	20	20

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