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Puatai Beach

Gisborne, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Good

Waist-high (0.9 m) at 10 s, heading toward N, with moderate cross-offshore wind toward ESE.

Swell

0.9 m

10 s

Wind

19 km/h

ESE

Cross-offshore

Tide

0.5 m

Rising

Weather

14 °C

Mostly clear

14 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Fair	1 m · 11 s	N	40 km/h · 70 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1.5 m	Overcast · 14 °C
1 AM	Fair	1 m · 11 s	N	37 km/h · 63 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.4 m	Overcast · 14 °C
2 AM	Fair	1 m · 11 s	N	32 km/h · 59 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.2 m	Partly cloudy · 14 °C
3 AM	Fair	1 m · 11 s	N	26 km/h · 51 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	1 m	Overcast · 13 °C
4 AM	Good	0.9 m · 11 s	N	21 km/h · 42 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	0.7 m	Overcast · 14 °C
5 AM	Good	0.9 m · 11 s	N	16 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	0.6 m	Overcast · 14 °C
6 AM	Good	0.9 m · 10 s	N	19 km/h · 30 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	0.5 m	Mostly clear · 14 °C
7 AM	Good	0.9 m · 10 s	N	24 km/h · 37 km/h gusts	ESE Offshore	0.6 m	Mostly clear · 14 °C
8 AM	Fair	0.9 m · 10 s	N	34 km/h · 55 km/h gusts	E Offshore	0.8 m	Mostly clear · 15 °C
9 AM	Fair	0.8 m · 10 s	N	36 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1 m	Drizzle · 12 °C
10 AM	Poor	0.8 m · 10 s	N	46 km/h · 72 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.2 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
11 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 11 s	N	38 km/h · 83 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.4 m	Light drizzle · 12 °C
12 PM	Poor	0.7 m · 11 s	N	41 km/h · 68 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.5 m	Clear · 13 °C
1 PM	Fair	0.9 m · 10 s	N	41 km/h · 73 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
2 PM	Fair	1.2 m · 9 s	N	40 km/h · 72 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.3 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
3 PM	Fair	1.5 m · 9 s	N	39 km/h · 70 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.1 m	Clear · 13 °C
4 PM	Fair	1.7 m · 8 s	N	40 km/h · 69 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	0.9 m	Clear · 12 °C
5 PM	Fair	1.9 m · 9 s	N	37 km/h · 63 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.7 m	Clear · 12 °C
6 PM	Fair	2.1 m · 9 s	N	33 km/h · 60 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.5 m	Clear · 11 °C
7 PM	Fair	2.3 m · 9 s	N	30 km/h · 53 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.5 m	Clear · 11 °C
8 PM	Good	2.5 m · 8 s	N	24 km/h · 47 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.7 m	Clear · 11 °C
9 PM	Good	2.6 m · 8 s	N	22 km/h · 38 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.8 m	Clear · 10 °C
10 PM	Good	2.8 m · 8 s	N	24 km/h · 38 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.1 m	Mostly clear · 9 °C
11 PM	Good	2.9 m · 8 s	N	25 km/h · 40 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.3 m	Partly cloudy · 9 °C