Tuamotu Island surf break

Tuamotu Island surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 22 Feb 2026 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
20.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tuamotu Island today?

The current surf forecast for Tuamotu Island at 12PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)111010999981466141212111099998857
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12811575504226251419695427349344627021012190886861157104295
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
SE
15
E
5
ENE
10
SE
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSE
20
SE
5
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
SE
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
2.06
10:54PM
2.03
11:16AM
2.03
11:42PM
2.01
12:04PM
1.97
12:33AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
0.46
4:47PM
0.42
5:01AM
0.46
5:33PM
0.41
5:49AM
0.49
6:23PM
0.43
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset-----7:59-------7:58-------7:55--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141419202120191716161718171716151616192221181716
Feels °C (?)121218181820181413141515131615131415182016151312
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