Surf Breaks
New Zealand (466)
Gisborne and Mahia (37)
Makorori Centre

Lat Long: 38.66° S 178.12° E

Makorori Centre Surf Photo: 'Glorious morning' by Rob Davies

Issued: 11 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Makorori Centre sea temperature is

13.8° C

0.5°

Makorori Centre surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

16 Day Forecast
Hourly
WaveFinder
Wave Energy Map
Wave Height Map
Wind Map

Webcams
Live Weather
Wave Buoys

Tides
Sea Temperature

Guide
Reviews
Photos (21)

Share this surf break

Share this link via

Or copy link

Go Pro for an ad-free experience

Upload new photo for Makorori Centre | for another surf break

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSE	SSW	E	ESE
	12 s	on	5 s	12 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 February at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	E		E	ESE
	12 s	cross- on		12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 February at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE		E	ESE
	12 s	cross		12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 February at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW	N	E	ESE
	11 s	cross- off	3 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 February at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NW	NNW	E	ESE
	11 s	off	3 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 February at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NW	WSW	E	NE
	11 s	off	4 s	11 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 February at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NW	NNW	E	NE
	11 s	off	3 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 February at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NW	NW	E	NE
	11 s	off	3 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 February at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	WNW	NNW	E	NE
	11 s	glass	4 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 February at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW	NNW	E	NE
	11 s	glass	5 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 February at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	S	SSE	E	NE
	11 s	cross- on	2 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 February at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSE	SSE	ESE	NE
	11 s	on	3 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 February at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSE	SSE	E	NE
	11 s	glass	3 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 February at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	S		E	NE
	11 s	glass		11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 February at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW		E	NE
	11 s	cross- off		11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 February at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW	NNW	ESE	NE
	11 s	off	5 s	11 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 February at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	SSE		ESE	SSW
	11 s	glass		11 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 February at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Makorori Centre around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 37 minutes after high water (falling spring tide). Tide height was 1.5m (4.8 ft). Range 1.87m (6.1 ft). Toggle tide graph

Back to photos

Previous photo

Next photo

Previous photo

Next photo

Makorori Centre Surf Photo: 'Glorious morning' by Rob Davies

Hot, sunny, no crowds, offshore wind and with a small east swell. Hard to imagine that at 5pm it would be raining heavily and blowing onshore.

3.2

Use stars to vote

User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2475 photos)

Photo taken at: 11:45 am 13 Feb 2013