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Hickory Bay

10:58 am 28 Jan 2012

SUP a worthy foil to real surfing!, Ruapuke

9:43 am 11 Dec 2011


Hickory Bay ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.0
Consistency of surf: 3.3
Difficulty level: 2.3
Wind and kite surfing: 1.0
Crowds: 3.7

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Hickory Bay Surf Forecast / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 11 am Monday 04 Jun 2012

Hickory Bay 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 (?) 1.6
SSW
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Period (s) (?) 10 16 15 14 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 9 18
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Graph

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Max-energy 473 400 1005 811 531 523 418 405 411 581 827 1035 1256 1567 3801 731 740 591
Wind
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30
NNE 30
NNE 25
N 20
NNW 15
NW 15
WNW 15
NW 10
N 15
N 30
N 35
N 25
NNW 35
SSE 40
S 35
S 25
S 15
SSW 15
W
Wind State (?) off off off off cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Hickory Bay blow from the N
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
Tide State (?) ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low
High Tide
/ height (m)



3:24PM
3.09



3:53AM
2.93



4:22PM
3.12



4:50AM
2.93


Low Tide
/ height (m)

9:10AM
0.38



9:49PM
0.38



10:09AM
0.35



10:47PM
0.36



11:06AM
0.33
 

Note: the tide data above is for Akaroa, New Zealand which is 16 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Hickory Bay. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Hickory Bay sea temperature is 11.0 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 10.1 max: 11.3 min: 9.1 °C)

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Summary clear clear clear clear clear clear some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds cloudy light rain mod rain mod rain light rain light rain light rain light rain
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - - 1 8 6 1 1 2 1
Temp. °C 8 10 11 11 10 9 9 9 9 11 13 12 9 6 6 6 6 5
Chill °C (?) 4 7 8 9 8 7 7 7 7 8 10 10 5 0 1 2 3 2
Sunrise 7:52 - - - - - - - 7:54 - - - - - - - 7:54 -
Sunset - - 16:57 - - - - - - - 16:57 - - - - - - -
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