Waihī Beach

Gisborne, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 4:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Knee-high (0.8 m) at 11 s, heading toward N, with moderate cross-shore wind toward SE.

Swell

0.8 m

N

11 s

Wind

18 km/h

SE

Cross-shore

Tide

0.8 m

Falling

Weather

14 °C

Overcast

14 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 11 s

N

38 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

1.5 m

Partly cloudy · 14 °C

1 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 11 s

N

37 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.4 m

Partly cloudy · 14 °C

2 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 11 s

N

32 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.2 m

Partly cloudy · 14 °C

3 AM

Good

0.8 m · 11 s

N

25 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

1 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

4 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 11 s

N

18 km/h · 42 km/h gusts

SE

Cross-shore

0.8 m

Overcast · 14 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.8 m · 10 s

N

13 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

SE

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Overcast · 14 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.8 m · 10 s

N

13 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

SE

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Partly cloudy · 14 °C

7 AM

Good

0.8 m · 10 s

N

22 km/h · 35 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

0.6 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 10 s

N

33 km/h · 57 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 10 s

N

35 km/h · 58 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 10 s

N

42 km/h · 70 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.3 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 11 s

N

36 km/h · 84 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 11 s

N

38 km/h · 70 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.5 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

1 PM

Fair

0.8 m · 10 s

N

38 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.5 m

Clear · 13 °C

2 PM

Fair

1.1 m · 9 s

N

38 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

3 PM

Fair

1.4 m · 8 s

N

34 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.1 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

4 PM

Fair

1.6 m · 8 s

N

37 km/h · 65 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

5 PM

Fair

1.7 m · 8 s

N

32 km/h · 62 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.7 m

Clear · 11 °C

6 PM

Fair

1.8 m · 8 s

N

28 km/h · 56 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 11 °C

7 PM

Good

1.9 m · 8 s

N

23 km/h · 47 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 10 °C

8 PM

Good

2.1 m · 7 s

N

19 km/h · 38 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.7 m

Clear · 10 °C

9 PM

Good

2.2 m · 7 s

N

18 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.9 m

Clear · 9 °C

10 PM

Good

2.4 m · 7 s

N

20 km/h · 33 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.1 m

Clear · 9 °C

11 PM

Good

2.6 m · 8 s

N

22 km/h · 36 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.3 m

Clear · 9 °C

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