Tracks surf break

Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 06 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
19.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 4AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (06 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (06 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
1.4
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1010101099999999999566191817151415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46947138433425823118816613812013597831017910614313311710992774173
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
N
5
NNE
10
E
20
NE
20
NE
15
N
5
NW
5
W
5
W
5
W
10
ESE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
WNW
10
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
1.67
8:37AM
1.70
9:06PM
1.70
9:23AM
1.69
9:49PM
1.72
10:10AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24AM
0.23
2:55PM
0.26
3:13AM
0.28
3:39PM
0.31
4:01AM
0.34
4:24PM
0.37
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset-------7:43-------7:42-------7:39
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. °C151414141720222019171515181920181716151518202120
Feels °C (?)121213131719191818171414181817151515141418191918
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