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Houhora Harbour Bar ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 4.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Houhora Harbour Bar Surf Forecast / New Zealand

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 23 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

Houhora Harbour Bar 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 (?) 3.0
NNW
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NNW
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ESE
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NNE
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Period (s) (?) 9 9 9 10 9 10 - 8 8 9 8 8 8 - 10 9 9 9
Surfscale
Wave
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Max-energy 1776 1073 822 9 211 517 0 80 62 49 33 31 15 0 32 29 29 20
Wind
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30
NW 30
NW 30
NNW 55
WNW 55
WSW 40
SW 30
SW 25
WSW 30
WSW 25
WSW 15
SSW 10
SSW 15
SSW 10
SW 20
SW 5
W 10
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WSW
Wind State (?) cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Houhora Harbour Bar blow from the W
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
2.44
9:21AM
2.32

9:57PM
2.46
10:15AM
2.30

10:50PM
2.44
11:07AM
2.25

11:40PM
2.38
11:58AM
2.18

12:30AM
2.29

12:48PM
2.10
1:20AM
2.20


Low Tide
/ height (m)

3:05AM
0.23
3:26PM
0.10

3:59AM
0.24
4:17PM
0.14

4:52AM
0.27
5:07PM
0.21

5:42AM
0.31
5:56PM
0.30

6:32AM
0.36

6:45PM
0.40
7:20AM
0.41

 

Note: the tide data above is for Houhora River Entrance, New Zealand which is 2 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Houhora Harbour Bar. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Houhora Harbour Bar sea temperature is 17.1 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 17.0 max: 18.0 min: 15.9 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the NNW on Wed morning, near gales from the WNW by Wed night). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Fri night, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Thu night, light winds from the SW by Sun night).
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Rain (mm) 4 2 5 2 3 - - - - - - - - - 1 - - -
High °C 18 18 18 17 16 15 14 15 15 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16
Low °C 18 18 17 16 15 15 14 15 15 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Chill °C (?) 17 17 17 15 13 13 11 13 13 15 14 14 14 15 14 15 16 16
Sunrise - 7:28 - - 7:28 - - 7:28 - - 7:30 - - 7:30 - - 7:31 -
Sunset - - 17:22 - - 17:22 - - 17:22 - - 17:22 - - 17:22 - - 17:22
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