Waipaoa River surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 09 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
14.5° 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 6PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (09 Jul)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (09 Jul)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)9910111111111010101010101012111111121212121212121212121212121212111112121112121211111111111111111010101010101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)343410572722791749759713699942844805730645582540541717907116513221596144316081509626751706605530534466459443472460532445493482478452376376363355360327291281296306426468410350313370367320
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
NE
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
0
E
0
SE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:52PM
1.39
5:08AM
1.32
5:38PM
1.42
5:54AM
1.33
6:24PM
1.45
6:40AM
1.35
7:09PM
1.48
7:26AM
1.36
7:53PM
1.51
8:13AM
1.38
8:38PM
1.53
9:00AM
1.40
9:24PM
1.54
9:49AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
0.31
11:05PM
0.36
11:19AM
0.29
11:53PM
0.33
12:05PM
0.26
12:41AM
0.30
12:51PM
0.23
1:27AM
0.26
1:37PM
0.20
2:14AM
0.22
2:23PM
0.18
2:59AM
0.19
3:10PM
0.17
3:46AM
0.15
3:58PM
0.16
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Sunrise7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22---
Sunset--5:00-------5:00-------5:01-------5:02-------5:02-------5:04-------5:05-------5:06-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10121312111010101013151211109910141614141415141315161311111111121515131212121112131312101098101515141211101011141613
Feels °C (?)81011109778811121098667111310910131310121411888910141411101011101213121188646111212108778121411
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