Tuahine Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 NZST
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Tuahine Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tuahine Point sea temperature is
17.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tuahine Point today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 1PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.4
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.7
S
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
5.5
S
5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
SSE
3
S
Period(s) (?)77799988981010111111121212111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4138372678746971564517733166931734613760367136089515140743415286024132057
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
S
10
S
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
25
W
30
WNW
35
SW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglasscrossoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:39AM
2.06
8:12PM
2.13
8:33AM
2.02
9:06PM
2.11
9:31AM
1.97
10:03PM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
0.42
1:57PM
0.33
2:28AM
0.45
2:49PM
0.38
3:25AM
0.49
3:45PM
0.46
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise--6:39-------6:39-------6:41-----
Sunset----5:32-------5:31-------5:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
----11333----431141-11-1-
Temp. °C151516191916151414131415141415131212131313121211
Feels °C (?)141416191815141313111210888434556566
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