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 12 am Sunday 16 Nov 2025 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 18.1° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tracks today?

The current surf forecast for Tracks at 3AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 16). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Evening (16 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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		Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	S	S	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	452	394	340	284	284	279	325	440	234	234	234	230	223	307	28	45	139	168	140	170	137	300	140	13
Wind (km/h)	E	E	NW	WSW	SE	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:23AM 1.47				3:39PM 1.51					4:15AM 1.49				4:30PM 1.49				5:03AM 1.53				5:19PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 0.27				9:33AM 0.35				9:56PM 0.33					10:27AM 0.39				10:44PM 0.39				11:17AM 0.43

		Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	13	12	12	15	17	15	15	14	13	13	13	18	20	20	18	17	15	14	14	19	21	21	18
Feels °C (?)	13	11	10	10	13	13	10	10	10	9	10	11	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	17	19	18	17

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