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Waipaoa River surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Waipaoa River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waipaoa River sea temperature is
19.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waipaoa River today?

The current surf forecast for Waipaoa River at 9PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)--
Afternoon (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

Table - waves today at Waipaoa River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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2
2
3
3
3
4
4
3
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
E
1.5
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.3
SE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.7
ESE
1.4
SE
Period(s) (?)1156666679111111111111101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40668444364184212699146620172306227321221875155612201081929791754727460290
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
15
NE
5
N
0
NW
5
S
15
S
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
1.49
7:11PM
1.44
7:34AM
1.53
8:01PM
1.50
8:23AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
0.22
1:04PM
0.18
1:22AM
0.17
1:52PM
0.12
2:13AM
0.12
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:09-
Sunset-7:23-------7:22-------7:21------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201816161717181817171717171717171817161615131618
Feels °C (?)161717171715151613131313131313131414131313111415
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