Surf Forecast Surf Report
Whangara surf break

Whangara surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 03 May 2025 NZST
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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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whangara today?

The current surf forecast for Whangara at 10AM is: 4.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am May 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 May)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (03 May)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (03 May)10ft (3.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
4.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
SSE
0.8
NE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.8
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.9
NNE
2.2
NNE
2.3
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.3
NNE
2.5
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)9121211111010109999101010109151413121211111110101010101099999898951212126677788888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)765788465732692465201817121527121211321730196018891626138912121014267923081806153512721083698808731402339279240186144136108103816442402832575654233249311462545673910933845688939443360330288250
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
N
5
NW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:21AM
1.54
10:51PM
1.62
11:17AM
1.47
11:46PM
1.55
12:14PM
1.40
12:41AM
1.48
1:10PM
1.34
1:34AM
1.42
2:05PM
1.30
2:26AM
1.37
2:57PM
1.29
3:15AM
1.34
3:47PM
1.29
4:03AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:18AM
0.05
4:36PM
0.07
5:13AM
0.11
5:30PM
0.13
6:08AM
0.17
6:24PM
0.20
7:01AM
0.22
7:17PM
0.26
7:54AM
0.25
8:10PM
0.30
8:45AM
0.28
9:01PM
0.33
9:33AM
0.28
9:51PM
0.34
10:18AM
0.28
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56-
Sunset----5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------5:13-------5:12-------5:10-------5:09-------
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Rain (mm)
121-11---11------------------------------------------11421--
Temp. °C121313141514141413131514141313131212121313131111111111141615151413131418181716151515161818171717171818201918181514151515
Feels °C (?)66781088987878788891010111210999911131311109101116161514131313151414141313131414161616191210111111
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