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Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 09 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
19.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°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: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.5
SSW
0.4
E
0.2
SSW
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)6611116616151567126688111010108101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)771196320171718171577552233486722321818
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
SW
5
S
10
ENE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
ESE
0
N
0
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassonglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:51PM
1.69
11:13AM
1.75
11:39PM
1.65
12:03PM
1.68
12:29AM
1.62
12:53PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
0.20
5:35PM
0.20
5:51AM
0.27
6:23PM
0.26
6:43AM
0.34
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---5:52-------5:52-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:37-------8:37-------8:37
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)
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Temp. °C171717182225272522212020252729292625242327323330
Feels °C (?)181717172024262521201920252629292423202023292926
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