Tracks surf break

Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 03 Apr 2026 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
18.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 4AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 1.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
0.5
S
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.3
S
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)121212161514141313121212121211116610661056
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)649649667183216971352106377165351340933922421615711613319053646017113143
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
N
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:05PM
1.62
7:23AM
1.62
7:52PM
1.67
8:10AM
1.63
8:36PM
1.71
8:55AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
0.29
1:40PM
0.33
2:01AM
0.33
2:24PM
0.37
2:47AM
0.37
3:07PM
0.41
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----7:24-------7:24-------7:24---
Sunset------6:59-------6:58-------6:55-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131212121518181615151414171919171615141417191817
Feels °C (?)111010101316141212121213171816151414131316171413
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tracks surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest