Tuamotu Island surf break

Tuamotu Island surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tuamotu Island today?

The current surf forecast for Tuamotu Island at 6AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
7
4
4
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ESE
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
1.5
E
1.7
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
3
ENE
4.5
ENE
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)877777777881011111110101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4163973493783433463922303155519211552424812711066848663569434356288194189157
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
45
NE
45
NE
20
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26PM
1.78
8:58AM
1.89
9:12PM
1.83
9:40AM
1.95
9:55PM
1.88
10:22AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
0.64
3:16PM
0.69
3:18AM
0.60
3:58PM
0.63
4:01AM
0.56
4:39PM
0.58
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---6:05-------6:05-------6:07----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:30-------8:30
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
4534251089112083-----------
Temp. °C161616161717161717181820212228262221202022262624
Feels °C (?)131313131414121312141215212429272019181821252422
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