Tuahine Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 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 8PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (28 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ENE
0.5
SE
0.3
SSE
1.1
S
1.6
SSE
3
SSW
3
S
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
Period(s) (?)6666666666657136788999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186968585625454463530431921347524796010677328282184269830172755
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
25
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
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)
3:50PM
1.72
4:30AM
1.81
5:13PM
1.74
5:51AM
1.85
6:20PM
1.80
6:51AM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40AM
0.68
10:09PM
0.58
10:55AM
0.68
11:24PM
0.56
12:08PM
0.64
12:27AM
0.52
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:50-------6:52
Sunset---7:51-------7:49-------7:47----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------111113331
Temp. °C161717171614131216201920171614131213141212111111
Feels °C (?)12141415141211101417161916127656533334
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