Tracks surf break

Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 05 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
18.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 6AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (05 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.8
E
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
0.8
E
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)611109910109161699101012121010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69575341601717113911272121992843265173449573500494125373636
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
N
5
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
1.71
8:55AM
1.64
9:19PM
1.72
9:40AM
1.63
10:00PM
1.70
10:24AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47AM
0.37
3:07PM
0.41
3:33AM
0.41
3:49PM
0.45
4:17AM
0.43
4:32PM
0.47
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----7:24-------7:26-------7:26---
Sunset------6:55-------6:54-------6:52-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------11-11--
Temp. °C161514141618181716161616171918161616161617171817
Feels °C (?)141413141617161414141414151515141413141413131413
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