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Waipaoa River surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 24 Nov 2025 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
17.2° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waipaoa River today?

The current surf forecast for Waipaoa River at 4PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (24 Nov)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (24 Nov)1ft (0.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
1
E
1
E
0.9
NE
0.8
E
1
E
0.9
E
1.8
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)99131313141413131212121256766611661212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27263534343661585550494848556267437860752139151127161
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
15
E
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		ononononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:32AM
1.45
9:49PM
1.33
10:13AM
1.43
10:31PM
1.31
10:55AM
1.42
11:13PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
0.30
3:59AM
0.28
4:33PM
0.31
4:40AM
0.29
5:15PM
0.31
5:22AM
0.30
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Sunrise-------5:39-------5:39-------5:39
Sunset---8:08-------8:09-------8:10----
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-----11---------------
Temp. °C171817161615151516171716141313131921232419151415
Feels °C (?)161615141615151415151413131212121818202318141214
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