Karamea Surfing Forecast

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1 Warning
Gale warning

Gale warning
Area:
Abel
Area:
Stephens
Area:
Grey
Issued: 3:08am Fri 30 May

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Karamea Surfing Forecast

	3AM	9AM	3PM	9PM
Sea condition		3	1	1
wind
Max gust (kts)		26	33	30
Wind direction		SW	SW	SW
sea
Period (sec)		11	10	10
Set face (m)		2.5	3.1	3.3
Wave height (m)		2.5	3.1	3.3
swell
Swell height (m)		1.9	2.5	2.8
Swell direction		W	W	W

Rating 7-10: Good

Good quality surf, long swell period, little or no wind, and swell height greater than a metre.

Rating 4-6: Medium

Reasonable surf conditions, although possibly affected by light-fair onshore winds, and a lower swell.

Rating 1-3: Bad

Poor conditions such as strong onshore winds, a low swell period and a small swell height.

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The daily rating is the best rating as forecast for that day. The forecast wind and waves above have been automatically generated by MetOcean Solutions computer weather modeling system and have not been moderated by MetService forecasters. They may vary from those in the corresponding coastal or recreational marine forecast produced by our forecast team.

Grey Coastal Forecast

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Today: Southwest 15 knots but 25 knots offshore. Rising to southwest 35 knots everywhere in the morning. Southwest rising to 45 knots south of Cape Foulwind for a time in the afternoon and early evening. Sea becoming high for a time in the south. Long period southwest swell rising to 6 metres south of Abut Head, but 5 metres in the north. Poor visibility in showers.

Saturday: Westerly 35 knots, easing to southwest 25 knots in the evening. Very rough sea easing. Heavy southwest swell.

Sunday: Southwest 25 knots, easing to 15 knots late. Rough sea easing. Heavy southwest swell easing.

Monday: Southwest 20 knots, easing to westerly 10 knots south of Cape Foulwind late. Moderate southwest swell.

Issued: 3:08am Fri, 30 May

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