Tuahine Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 13 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
18.7° 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 9AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.1
E
0.6
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)10101091611111414141313131313121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52438637721117728224257352643642334534027226319318714113913999666362
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
15
SSW
5
SSW
10
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
1.78
2:25PM
1.70
2:51AM
1.82
3:22PM
1.77
3:48AM
1.88
4:13PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
0.73
8:38PM
0.73
9:17AM
0.68
9:33PM
0.66
10:06AM
0.61
10:22PM
0.58
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
Sunrise--6:31-------6:33-------6:33-----
Sunset----5:43-------5:40-------5:39---
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191819202120181717171921201817161515161718171413
Feels °C (?)1515161819191815151516171715131310910121516129
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