Tracks Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.07° S 177.83° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 NZST

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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 12.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 1AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 27). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Aug)	7.5ft (2.3m)	11s
Afternoon (28 Aug)	7ft (2.1m)	11s
Evening (28 Aug)	6ft (1.9m)	10s

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

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		Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	SW	SSW	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	56	54	54	38	1300	1129	1012	966	756	675	673	529	472	412	298	238	250	207	159	576	202	113	85	75
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NNW	NE	NE	NNW	NW	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:44PM 1.65					9:09AM 1.65				9:29PM 1.63				9:51AM 1.65				10:15PM 1.61				10:32AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			3:00AM 0.34					3:20PM 0.37				3:44AM 0.39				4:06PM 0.41				4:28AM 0.44				4:51PM 0.45

		Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	13	15	16	15	14	14	15	13	14	16	15	13	12	12	11	11	13	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	9	9	10	11	12	15	14	12	10	11	11	7	8	10	9	6	6	6	6	7	8	11	12	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Tracks (moderate winds from the NE at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 13 km from Tracks). 0.3m 10s swell from the S with a 0.1m 16s long period groundswell, also from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 23 minutes ago Tracks

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2 h 23 min ago

22 km/h

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