Tuahine Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 05 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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tuahine Point today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 3PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (05 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (05 Jan)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
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
ENE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)677888998886566667776666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)394650816774616155424115173628222341363328272020
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
15
E
20
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
0
NNE
15
ESE
15
E
0
NE
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
1.99
8:27PM
1.89
9:00AM
2.03
9:24PM
1.92
9:54AM
2.06
10:18PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:27PM
0.58
2:36AM
0.47
3:24PM
0.57
3:32AM
0.50
4:16PM
0.57
4:27AM
0.53
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50
Sunset---8:35-------8:35-------8:35----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
------------21-----11-1-
Temp. °C161718181615151619192019181717162020191918171616
Feels °C (?)151515151414141619171818191717162119182118171616
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