Tuahine Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
19.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tuahine Point today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 8PM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s

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

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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
S
0.3
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)88977121288181716151312121113121211111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1413158811115575712416718139330123439027819914010510197
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
W
10
W
25
S
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09PM
1.99
1:35AM
1.90
1:49PM
1.93
2:18AM
1.85
2:28PM
1.86
3:00AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
0.59
7:40AM
0.67
8:10PM
0.61
8:25AM
0.71
8:50PM
0.64
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------5:54-------5:56-------5:56
Sunset---8:35-------8:35-------8:34----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C273234292524242125211818181717181920212019191817
Feels °C (?)232831252321201924171516161515161716171719181717
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