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sliding the rear end..., Fitzroy Beach

4:40 pm 27 Oct 2011


Desperation Point ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Desperation Point Surf Forecast / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 17 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

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

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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.7
WSW
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Period (s) (?) 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 11 11 18 18
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 928 943 1030 946 828 760 679 563 517 406 309 208 261 666 2599 2305 2907 3293
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW 15
NNW 20
NNW 20
NNW 30
N 35
N 40
N 45
N 50
NNE 55
N 45
NNW 40
NW 35
NW 35
NW 25
NW 15
N 15
NE 10
ENE
Wind State (?) cross cross cross cross cross cross-
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cross cross cross cross cross cross-
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off off
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Desperation Point blow from the ENE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
Tide State (?) - - flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low
High Tide
/ height (m)



9:37PM
3.53



10:02AM
3.40



10:25PM
3.58



10:52AM
3.38


Low Tide
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3:52AM
0.13



4:15PM
0.05



4:41AM
0.14



5:03PM
0.10
 

Note: the tide data above is for Opunake Bay, New Zealand which is 1 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Desperation Point. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Desperation Point sea temperature is 15.4 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 15.2 max: 16.3 min: 14.3 °C)

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Summary clear clear some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds rain shwrs light rain light rain rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - 1 4 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 4 2
Temp. °C 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15
Chill °C (?) 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 12 11 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 14 15
Sunrise - - - - - - 7:37 - - - - - - - 7:37 - - -
Sunset 17:07 - - - - - - - 17:07 - - - - - - - 17:07 -
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