Tuamotu Island Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Tuamotu Island surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 NZDT

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Tuamotu Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Tuamotu Island sea temperature is 14.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tuamotu Island today?

The current surf forecast for Tuamotu Island at 8PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (21 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (21 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

Table - waves today at Tuamotu Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	19	17	15	14	13	13	12	18	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	50	32	32	18	18	17	7	35	93	135	160	165	165	119	109	203	172	116	113	63	57	52	29	28
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	W	NNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	SSE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:54PM 1.89					7:20AM 1.88				7:27PM 1.86				7:56AM 1.87				8:01PM 1.83				8:32AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)					1:06AM 0.52				1:23PM 0.57				1:42AM 0.51				2:00PM 0.59				2:16AM 0.51

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	19	19	20	18	20	23	24	23	20	17	17	18	23	25	24	20	20	20	19	20	18	15
Feels °C (?)	18	19	15	15	17	13	15	20	22	19	15	11	13	15	22	21	19	15	16	18	17	17	15	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Tuamotu Island (fresh winds from the NNW at Gisborne Airport 9 km from Tuamotu Island). 0.3m 10s swell from the ESE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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2 h 5 min ago

37 km/h

NNW

Cross-Off

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