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Ahu Ahu Road ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 1.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Ahu Ahu Road Surf Forecast / New-Zealand – Taranaki / New Zealand

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 23 pm Saturday 02 Jun 2012

Ahu Ahu Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.4
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Period (s) (?) 15 15 14 14 13 13 13 13 14 10 11 18 18 17 16 15 15 14
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Max-energy 863 711 672 561 734 587 536 451 264 2962 1983 3801 4373 2460 1777 1327 489 482
Wind
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20
W 25
W 25
W 15
SSW 15
ENE 10
NNW 30
N 45
NNE 55
N 30
NW 20
NW 10
S 30
SSE 30
SSE 20
SSW 25
WSW 35
WSW 30
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Ahu Ahu Road blow from the SE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
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8:22AM
3.42

8:52PM
3.59
9:16AM
3.53

9:42PM
3.73
10:07AM
3.59

10:30PM
3.78
10:57AM
3.56

11:18PM
3.73
11:45AM
3.47

12:06AM
3.61

12:35PM
3.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:14AM
0.42

2:39PM
0.24

3:07AM
0.28
3:30PM
0.15

3:57AM
0.20
4:20PM
0.12

4:46AM
0.21
5:08PM
0.18

5:36AM
0.30
5:56PM
0.30

6:27AM
0.44

 

Note: the tide data above is for Port Taranaki, New Zealand which is 13 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Ahu Ahu Road. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Ahu Ahu Road sea temperature is 15.7 °C (Statistics for 02 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 15.3 max: 16.3 min: 14.3 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon afternoon, near gales from the N by Tue afternoon). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Tue night, min 10°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the N on Tue night, light winds from the S by Wed afternoon).
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Rain (mm) - - 1 3 - - - - 8 22 6 3 - - - - - -
High °C 14 15 15 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 15 13 11 11 13 15 15
Low °C 14 14 14 13 12 14 14 14 15 16 15 14 10 11 11 12 14 14
Chill °C (?) 13 13 13 12 13 14 13 12 12 14 15 14 11 8 9 11 13 13
Sunrise - 7:35 - - 7:35 - - 7:35 - - 7:37 - - 7:37 - - 7:37 -
Sunset - - 17:08 - - 17:07 - - 17:07 - - 17:07 - - 17:07 - - 17:07
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