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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 6 am Thursday 23 Oct 2025 NZDT
How big are the waves at Tracks today?
The current surf forecast for Tracks at 8AM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Oct) | 2ft (0.6m) | 18s |
| Afternoon (23 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
| Evening (23 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Tracks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 144 | 232 | 290 | 177 | 280 | 257 | 179 | 123 | 78 | 75 | 72 | 66 | 417 | 1127 | 1172 | 1266 | 1735 | 1442 | 1018 | 513 | 411 | 319 | 240 | 188 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | on | cross- on | cross | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:46AM 1.64 | 8:02PM 1.57 | 8:27AM 1.66 | 8:45PM 1.58 | 9:06AM 1.67 | 9:27PM 1.57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:32AM 0.44 | 1:55PM 0.43 | 2:14AM 0.47 | 2:38PM 0.46 | 2:54AM 0.49 | 3:20PM 0.47 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sun 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:36 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia
The wind is still cross-off at Tracks (light winds from the NNW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 13 km from Tracks). 0.8m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 18s long period groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 31 min ago
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