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Wairere Beach

Gisborne District · New Zealand

IntermediateBeach break-38.395, 178.336

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Wairere Beach is a E-facing sand beach on the New Zealand shoreline, opening onto the Fiji Sea — it catches NE–SE swell, and offshore SW–NW winds tidy the banks through october–april.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~14.8°C (58.6°F) on average

Jan

19°C

66.2°F · 17.2–21°C

Feb

20°C

68°F · 18.3–21.4°C

Mar

19.7°C

67.5°F · 17.6–21°C

Apr

18.6°C

65.5°F · 17.5–20.1°C

May

17.3°C

63.1°F · 16.1–19.3°C

Jun

15.8°C

60.4°F · 14.4–16.8°C

Jul

14.6°C

58.3°F · 13.7–15.6°C

Aug

13.9°C

57°F · 12.9–14.5°C

Sep

14.2°C

57.6°F · 13–15.5°C

Oct

14.8°C

58.6°F · 13.3–16.4°C

Nov

16°C

60.8°F · 14.2–17.5°C

Dec

17.8°C

64°F · 16–19.2°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

NE–SE

Best wind

SW–NW

Break type

Beach break

Best season

October–April

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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