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Hicks Bay surf Forecast / East Cape / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 27 Apr 2024 NZST
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Hicks Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hicks Bay sea temperature is 18.7°C (Statistics for 27 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 18.2 °C max: 19.6 °C min: 17.1 °C)
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Hicks Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hicks Bay sea temperature is 18.7°C (Statistics for 27 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 18.2 °C max: 19.6 °C min: 17.1 °C)


How big are the waves at Hicks Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hicks Bay at 10AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (27 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (27 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

Table - waves today at Hicks Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
N
1.4
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.8
NE
1.2
E
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
E
3
E
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
4.5
E
4
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)9101010101010101099999999995678889101112121212121111111111111111111111101010101010109999109121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)12538551251053247142439236534734730027821122124919420388831433023856079581301171529194609562756045445463335112853209918601604139210688436835243823082492442021591239294154280253299287385280231
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
10
SE
10
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
25
S
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
W
15
W
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
0
NNW
0
S
0
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglassglassglassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:52AM
1.89
9:19PM
1.99
9:37AM
1.91
10:02PM
1.98
10:20AM
1.92
10:50PM
1.96
11:03AM
1.94
11:43PM
1.96
11:49AM
1.94
12:38AM
1.99
12:43PM
1.92
1:35AM
2.03
1:45PM
1.91
2:32AM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
0.57
3:11PM
0.49
3:37AM
0.58
3:53PM
0.52
4:21AM
0.60
4:38PM
0.54
5:09AM
0.63
5:25PM
0.54
6:03AM
0.65
6:16PM
0.55
7:00AM
0.65
7:10PM
0.55
7:59AM
0.60
8:09PM
0.56
8:57AM
0.54
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--6:43-------6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-
Sunset----5:22-------5:22-------5:21-------5:20-------5:19-------5:17-------5:16-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314161614141312121416161414131314151614151515151515141414141414141518191614121111131414121111111113151613121212121314
Feels °C (?)121110121211111110101213131112111011111110111110910998810111313141515111076811121311109991112121099991011

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