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Waipaoa River surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 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
16.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waipaoa River today?

The current surf forecast for Waipaoa River at 12PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.8
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101010101099999998999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42028128124024023018610914211010828232849772616245444343434445
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NNE
15
SE
15
S
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NNE
25
NNW
20
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NNW
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
1.40
6:58PM
1.35
7:25AM
1.43
7:42PM
1.36
8:08AM
1.45
8:25PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.32
1:09AM
0.26
1:40PM
0.30
1:53AM
0.26
2:24PM
0.29
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-5:43-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset-----8:04-------8:05-------8:06--
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C191924282319181817182424272519171517221817161515
Feels °C (?)211923272219191817172422252116151315221516151515
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