Tuahine Point surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 27 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
20.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tuahine Point today?

The current surf forecast for Tuahine Point at 5PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (27 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (27 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
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.3
SSE
1.1
S
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)8856666666666666666661367
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2422354010514115617014914585857575565649514553373472262
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NW
25
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
1.77
3:18AM
1.82
3:50PM
1.72
4:30AM
1.81
5:13PM
1.74
5:51AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
0.65
9:04PM
0.55
9:40AM
0.68
10:09PM
0.58
10:55AM
0.68
11:24PM
0.56
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:50-------6:50
Sunset---7:52-------7:51-------7:49----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----1131--------------11
Temp. °C191918181717161716171717161513121619202018161413
Feels °C (?)1916141514131314121414151514111014161718161277
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