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Old Man's Hat surf Forecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 29 Mar 2024 NZDT
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Old Man's Hat surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Old Man's Hat sea temperature is 18.7°C (Statistics for 29 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 18.5 °C max: 19.9 °C min: 17.1 °C)
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Old Man's Hat surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Old Man's Hat sea temperature is 18.7°C (Statistics for 29 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 18.5 °C max: 19.9 °C min: 17.1 °C)


How big are the waves at Old Man's Hat today?

The current surf forecast for Old Man's Hat at 12AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 29). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Old Man's Hat. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
NE
4
S
4.5
SSE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)13131313121212121212991012121212117118109988888871010101010101013121211111110111112111111111111111110111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)17171616153029291414300666513553468597960201173173149108917574717049494712310810191161149108112116132119116116121112110110110108849898
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SW
45
SSW
45
S
40
SSE
35
S
45
S
50
SSW
55
SSW
65
SSW
55
S
50
S
50
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
5
E
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
0
WNW
5
E
15
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
N
25
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WSW
5
SSE
15
ESE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
W
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
1.40
10:21AM
1.36
10:44PM
1.40
11:02AM
1.35
11:26PM
1.40
11:44AM
1.34
12:10AM
1.41
12:31PM
1.34
12:59AM
1.43
1:22PM
1.35
1:53AM
1.45
2:18PM
1.37
2:50AM
1.48
3:18PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
0.28
4:37PM
0.26
5:03AM
0.29
5:18PM
0.27
5:45AM
0.30
6:00PM
0.27
6:31AM
0.29
6:47PM
0.26
7:20AM
0.28
7:37PM
0.23
8:14AM
0.25
8:32PM
0.20
9:11AM
0.20
9:30PM
0.16
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
Sunrise------7:20-------7:20-------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-------7:26-----
Sunset-7:05-------7:04-------7:01-------7:00------6:59-------6:57-------6:55-------6:53---
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Rain (mm)
221477222-123311----------------------------------------1111
Temp. °C131414111314141515151414151616151515151514131415151515151414141516161616161617191820201817161718191818181717171616161616
Feels °C (?)65413467542257777899991112121413141314141414121313141414141214171614141618171516181615141313121213

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