Tuahine Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 03 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
19.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tuahine Point today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 8PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)--
Afternoon (03 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (03 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.3
S
1.3
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
ENE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)885555666666667778889988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34343351646277691231275044423040474989645761503532
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
E
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20PM
1.85
6:59AM
1.94
7:25PM
1.86
8:03AM
1.99
8:27PM
1.89
9:00AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
0.43
1:20PM
0.59
1:38AM
0.45
2:27PM
0.58
2:36AM
0.47
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:48-------5:50--
Sunset-8:35-------8:35-------8:35------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
21122111----------------
Temp. °C171616161616161616161513121216171818161616161919
Feels °C (?)141212111211111212131412101016151516141516161917
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