Waipaoa River Surf Forecast

/ Gisborne and Mahia (37 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (38.72° S 177.94° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Waipaoa River surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 14 Oct 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 14.7° 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 11PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (14 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	11s
Evening (14 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

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

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	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	12	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	9	8	8	8	8	11	8	10	10	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	9	9	8	14	171	153	78	83	70	56	47	31	26	26	19	45	44	31	32	32	44	100	47	40
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	WSW	NNW	SE	E	ENE	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NE	E	E	W	S	SSW	SW	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)					1:05AM 1.47				1:35PM 1.55				2:04AM 1.42				2:33PM 1.50				3:03AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)							7:16AM 0.15				7:55PM 0.18				8:13AM 0.20				8:52PM 0.22				9:10AM 0.24

	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	6	6	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	12	12	11	11	13	14	14	13	12	10	9	9	15	19	17	15	14	13	13	11	14	15
Feels °C (?)	14	14	12	8	8	9	12	11	10	10	11	8	6	6	11	17	13	13	12	11	11	9	13	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Waipaoa River (light winds from the WNW at Gisborne Airport 8 km from Waipaoa River). 0.7m 2s local chop from the S with a 0.3m 3s local chop, also from the S and a 0.2m 10s swell, also from the ENE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 58 minutes ago Waipaoa River

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1 h 58 min ago

6 km/h

WNW

Clean

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