Whangara surf break

Whangara surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Whangara surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whangara sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whangara today?

The current surf forecast for Whangara at 4PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (05 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.9
NNE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.3
S
0.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)771215141488881515111111101010111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)373748104264407934848843917282277272216204162111109146146118143
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
10
N
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
E
5
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
1.58
6:45AM
1.63
7:08PM
1.62
7:40AM
1.70
8:04PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02PM
0.10
12:30AM
0.01
1:00PM
0.05
1:25AM
-0.03
1:58PM
0.01
2:20AM
-0.05
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sunrise-------5:54-------5:52-------5:52
Sunset---7:45-------7:46-------7:47----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717161514141419182022181715152019191819181616
Feels °C (?)141313131312111217151720141513142016171818161415
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