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Tuahine Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm 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
17.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tuahine Point today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 2AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
2
2
2
1
2
1
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
3
S
4.5
S
5
S
5.5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2
SE
1.8
SE
Period(s) (?)88810101010101010111111111111101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)736946100227292314367445494226048316143680863054510326024252124200216291461694586
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
E
5
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
W
25
W
20
W
30
W
20
SW
45
SW
50
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
2.13
8:33AM
2.02
9:06PM
2.11
9:31AM
1.97
10:03PM
2.06
10:30AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
0.45
2:49PM
0.38
3:25AM
0.49
3:45PM
0.46
4:22AM
0.56
4:45PM
0.53
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise----6:39-------6:41-------6:41---
Sunset------5:31-------5:30-------5:29-
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
111------2-584111-1111-1
Temp. °C151414131416161313121413121213131312121213141413
Feels °C (?)13131312121312896114235565678999
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