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Waipaoa River surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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
20.3° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 5AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
4
3
4
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ESE
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
1.5
E
1.7
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
3
ENE
4.5
ENE
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)877777777881011111110101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4163973493783433463922303155519211552424812711066848663569434356288194189157
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
15
W
15
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
1.34
8:36AM
1.48
8:55PM
1.36
9:19AM
1.50
9:39PM
1.37
10:02AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
0.23
2:56PM
0.25
3:04AM
0.21
3:39PM
0.22
3:48AM
0.20
4:23PM
0.19
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---6:05-------6:07-------6:07----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:30-------8:30
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
45332510710111972-----------
Temp. °C161616161717161717181820212228262220191923262725
Feels °C (?)131413131414131413141316222428262118171722242524
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