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Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 10 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
19.9° C
 (Which is 1.5°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: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)56611101010108101010121211111018171514121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8731222334847243118182928251292592172198775752599
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
SW
15
S
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
1.68
12:29AM
1.62
12:53PM
1.63
1:21AM
1.60
1:43PM
1.58
2:14AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
0.26
6:43AM
0.34
7:11PM
0.33
7:35AM
0.41
7:58PM
0.40
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-------5:54-------5:54-------5:56
Sunset---8:37-------8:37-------8:37----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C252728282725232328323330262423222416191716161617
Feels °C (?)242626272622191924282926222019172114171514151415
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