Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tracks today (16 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 9s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 10s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Tracks at 5AM is: 1.3m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (16 Aug) | 11ft (3.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (16 Aug) | 13ft (4.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Tracks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 42mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat night, min 7°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sat night, strong winds from the SSW by Tue afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||
Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | ||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 9 | SSW 18 | ESE 8 | SSW 7 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 678 | 617 | 493 | 1110 | 341 | 741 | 2097 | 2849 | 3186 | 3407 | 3584 | 3279 | 3105 | 2592 | 2177 | 1966 | 1713 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:41PM1.84m | 8:11AM1.75m | 8:31PM1.81m | 9:00AM1.76m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:02AM0.11m | 2:17PM0.13m | 2:51AM0.16m | 3:09PM0.20m | |||||||||||||
 |  | | |  | | |  | | | | | | | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — |
mm | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Feels °C | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | ESE 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 |
| kJ | 678 | 617 | 493 | 376 | 341 | 262 | 243 | 238 | 281 | 455 | 216 | 235 | 223 | 90 | 86 | 131 | 125 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | S 19 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | SE 15 | SSW 20 | SE 15 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | E 11 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | E 10 | — |
| kJ | 62 | 104 | 178 | 222 | 147 | 111 | 44 | 9 | 78 | 9 | 448 | 394 | 220 | 333 | 312 | 138 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | — | — | SE 15 | SE 16 | ESE 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 413 | 333 | 307 | 120 | 69 | — | — | 9 | 9 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SSW 3 | SSW 18 | SSW 5 | SSW 7 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 |
| kJ | — | — | 7 | 1110 | 143 | 741 | 2097 | 2849 | 3186 | 3407 | 3584 | 3279 | 3105 | 2592 | 2177 | 1966 | 1713 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 11 | 11 | 40 | 93 | 112 | 145 | 145 | 157 | 157 | 267 | 161 | 157 | 161 | 161 | 161 | 93 | 85 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Gisborne and Mahia | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tracks surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest