Tracks surf break

Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 30 Mar 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
18.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 10AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)2ft (0.6m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
ESE
1
SE
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.9
SSE
1.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)11111111111119181717161616616151414131313131514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47540330326824222426230736436833024823626694026293512264717831420114593216141468
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
WNW
5
WSW
5
E
5
ESE
5
NW
5
NNW
0
W
15
S
25
SSW
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
0
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
1.65
4:30PM
1.53
4:53AM
1.63
5:24PM
1.54
5:45AM
1.61
6:16PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:20AM
0.18
10:42PM
0.19
11:13AM
0.21
11:36PM
0.22
12:04PM
0.24
12:26AM
0.25
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise--7:20-------7:20-------7:22-----
Sunset-----7:06-------7:04-------7:01--
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
15----------231---------
Temp. °C181720232420191817171717151413141413141414141312
Feels °C (?)171620212421201918181614101010121211121211121212
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