Tracks surf break

Tracks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr 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) & DateWave HeightWave 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)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1.8
SW
1.1
SSW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1010101011111110101010101010101010101077101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)565454381300112910129667566756735294724122982382502071595762021138575
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
0
NE
10
NE
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
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-
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C121212121315161514141513141615131212111113161615
Feels °C (?)9910111215141210111178109666678111211
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

  1. weather stationWind 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.

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2 h 23 min ago

22 km/h
NE
Cross-On
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