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Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 03 Feb 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
20.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 4AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1
S
Period(s) (?)10111111101010101010679101010101010999811
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53575756524948464544113444112413821446138911081070813612474371262237
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:24AM
1.85
7:53PM
1.70
8:16AM
1.83
8:46PM
1.70
9:05AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:08AM
0.10
1:46PM
0.14
1:59AM
0.11
2:37PM
0.15
2:49AM
0.14
3:26PM
0.17
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise---6:20-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset-------8:22-------8:22-------8:21
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C242424232627262420181716161617161615151415171717
Feels °C (?)252625252727252217151311111111111212121213151515
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