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Gale warning
Issued: 3:12am Thu 29 MayArea:
Colville
Area:
Bay of Islands
Issued: 4:22am Thu 29 MayArea:
Bream Head to Cape Colville
Storm warning
Area:
Brett
Issued: 3:12am Thu 29 MayArea:
Kaipara
Sandy Bay Surfing Forecast
| 3AM | 9AM | 3PM | 9PM | ||||
| Sea condition | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||
wind | |||||||
| Max gust (kts) | 32 | 36 | 29 | ||||
| Wind direction | NW | NW | NW | ||||
sea | |||||||
| Period (sec) | 10 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Set face (m) | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| Wave height (m) | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||
swell | |||||||
| Swell height (m) | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||||
| Swell direction | E | SW | E | ||||
Good quality surf, long swell period, little or no wind, and swell height greater than a metre.
Reasonable surf conditions, although possibly affected by light-fair onshore winds, and a lower swell.
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.