Tuahine Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 Feb 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
20.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tuahine Point today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 6AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 26). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.8
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)108999999101099859995666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)741361641381441199759332870412427303030581351561611709685
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNE
20
NE
15
N
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
1.92
1:44PM
1.84
2:19AM
1.87
2:41PM
1.77
3:18AM
1.82
3:50PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15PM
0.46
7:35AM
0.59
8:07PM
0.50
8:35AM
0.65
9:04PM
0.55
9:40AM
0.68
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---6:46-------6:48-------6:48----
Sunset-------7:52-------7:52-------7:51
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------11141221----
Temp. °C141314152024242420181818181818181717171616161616
Feels °C (?)121112141822212318161818171616161514131212121313
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