Tracks Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.07° S 177.83° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 12.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 7AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (17 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

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

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	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	16	14	14	14	6	7	8	8	8	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	179	268	157	130	68	68	70	73	82	55	51	51	32	33	42	70	103	93	314	681	632	649	639	771
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	W	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:12AM 1.62				1:42PM 1.70				2:10AM 1.57				2:37PM 1.66					3:06AM 1.52				3:30PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			7:23AM 0.20				8:03PM 0.21				8:20AM 0.22				8:57PM 0.22					9:17AM 0.23				9:50PM 0.24

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	17	20	20	17	14	14	15	15	17	19	18	17	14	12	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Feels °C (?)	11	10	15	16	16	12	8	9	10	9	11	14	14	14	9	8	5	2	3	3	2	2	2	3

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update Recent cross-shore wind 13 km from Tracks has fallen light (light winds from the NNW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at Tracks. 1.0m 13s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 10s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
51 minutes ago Tracks
Wind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the NNW at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 15 km from Blacks Reef). Surf should be turning clean at Blacks Reef. 1.0m 13s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 10s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
51 minutes ago Blacks Reef

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Actual: 51 min ago

6 km/h

NNW

Clean

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