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Waipaoa River surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 20 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
20.4° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 7PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (20 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
1.6
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
2
E
2.3
E
3
E
5
ENE
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)77888777777788891111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45628043842641639743441826426126731136250173613925563152012931087795714601434
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
5
N
5
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53AM
1.46
8:10PM
1.34
8:36AM
1.48
8:55PM
1.36
9:19AM
1.50
9:39PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11PM
0.28
2:20AM
0.23
2:56PM
0.25
3:04AM
0.21
3:39PM
0.22
3:48AM
0.20
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-------6:05-------6:07-------6:07
Sunset---8:31-------8:30-------8:30----
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-121322711769211382------
Temp. °C171817171717171717171717171718202122272623212018
Feels °C (?)141513141514141414141413131313162425292824211816
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