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  • 2 Warnings
  • Squall warning
  • Gale warning
  • Squall warning

    Area: 

    Bay of Plenty

    Issued: 11:14am Thu 29 May
  • Gale warning

    Area: 

    Plenty

    Issued: 12:40pm Thu 29 May
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Bay of Plenty Marine - Boating

Sea temperature17°
Issued: 3:00pm Thu 29 May
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Roys Reef

sunrise 7:16am

sunset 5:03pm

Northwest 25 knots, rising to 35 knots in the evening. Sea becoming very rough. Northeast swell 3 metres. Northwest swell 2 metres developing offshore. Poor visibility in periods of rain. Squally thunderstorms possible.
Issued:12:40pm Thu 29 May | Written forecast for Plenty coastal area

Gale warning

6PM9PM12AM3AM6AM
Rating
1 - Bad1 - Bad
Wind (kts)
22 N
27 N
Gusts (kts)
3036
Sea
2.8m N3.1m N
Chop Height
2.1m2.4m
Swell
1.8m N2.0m N
Period
9sec9sec
Information

Boating Conditions

7-10: Good: Calm waters, based on little or no wind, and swell height less than a metre.
4-6: OK: Average boating conditions, possibly affected by light-fair winds, and a swell height around 1-2 metres.
1-3: Bad: Poor and possibly dangerous conditions such as strong winds & a big swell height 2-3+ metres.
No Rating Info: No rating information is available for the selected time period.

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.

Moutohora Island Tides

Extended Moutohora Island tide times
2.1m0.1m

Source: MetOcean Solutions

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