Tuahine Point Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Tuahine Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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 13.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tuahine Point today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 3AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s
Evening (15 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	10s

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

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		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	3	4	4	3	2	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	14	13	11	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	5630	1824	1323	1010	698	606	425	347	267	220	184	128	123	84	83	81	52	73	74	98	75	73	52	49
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	NNW	E	E	NE	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	S	SE	NE	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:16PM 1.95				11:46AM 1.98					12:08AM 1.86				12:41PM 1.91				1:03AM 1.78				1:39PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)				5:34AM 0.47				6:00PM 0.60					6:28AM 0.54				6:58PM 0.67				7:24AM 0.61

		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	7	7	10	14	14	13	11	11	12	12	15	18	18	15	15	14	12	12	15	21	21	18
Feels °C (?)	6	6	4	4	7	11	11	11	8	7	7	8	12	14	15	13	13	12	9	9	12	17	17	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Tuahine Point (light winds from the NW at Gisborne Airport 10 km from Tuahine Point). 3.4m 12s groundswell from the S which is too big for here.
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1 h 29 min ago

11 km/h

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