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Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 5AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
1.2
NE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1110101010101099999995101313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2792181641561561218910981806156295682336086818112512612586
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
SSE
15
SE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffglasscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
1.58
3:20PM
1.53
3:52AM
1.57
4:06PM
1.50
4:38AM
1.57
4:52PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45PM
0.46
9:17AM
0.50
9:32PM
0.49
10:06AM
0.52
10:20PM
0.51
10:52AM
0.52
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---5:56-------5:58-------6:00----
Sunset-------8:36-------8:36-------8:35
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------------1--2-1111
Temp. °C191919202325262620181819222425201918181921222219
Feels °C (?)181818202225252420191919212324191918192023232218
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