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/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /
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Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast 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
18.6° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Tracks today?
The current surf forecast for Tracks at 3PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 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 (03 Dec) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (03 Dec) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
| Evening (03 Dec) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Tracks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 83 | 81 | 9 | 40 | 57 | 39 | 432 | 1634 | 2654 | 2869 | 3201 | 3310 | 4665 | 3446 | 2936 | 2612 | 2059 | 1715 | 1252 | 1008 | 778 | 588 | 410 | 349 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:39PM 1.77 | 5:08AM 1.85 | 5:38PM 1.82 | 6:06AM 1.94 | 6:37PM 1.85 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:30AM 0.26 | 10:52PM 0.23 | 11:29AM 0.23 | 11:52PM 0.21 | 12:27PM 0.19 | 12:51AM 0.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 8:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:21 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | - | - | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 19 |
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