Tracks surf break

Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 12AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.1
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)121313131313121212121212171616151413131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12291145116010259148108718718717506496496751667154513921063782653513416280224171
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
E
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16PM
1.57
6:35AM
1.61
7:05PM
1.62
7:23AM
1.62
7:52PM
1.67
8:10AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
0.25
12:53PM
0.28
1:14AM
0.29
1:40PM
0.33
2:01AM
0.33
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-
Sunset-7:01-------7:00------6:59-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151312121111131515131312121215181815151414141719
Feels °C (?)121110111010121412101010101013161410121212131618
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