Tracks surf break

Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
18.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 1PM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (01 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
3
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.1
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)141413131213131313131212121212121616151414131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37502931194215581229114511601025914810871871871750738649667164615251373943782653430
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SE
10
E
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
1.61
6:16PM
1.57
6:35AM
1.61
7:05PM
1.62
7:23AM
1.62
7:52PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
0.24
12:26AM
0.25
12:53PM
0.28
1:14AM
0.29
1:40PM
0.33
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise--7:22-------7:22-------7:24-----
Sunset-----7:01-------7:00------6:59---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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. °C141414151513121212111315161413121212151818161515
Feels °C (?)111111111210101111101214141110101010131514121213
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