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Rare day at the wall, Moruya Breakwater

9:02 am 5 May 2012

Small Spring Swell, Scarborough

3:53 pm 15 Sep 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

2 – 7 Day 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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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
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2.0
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1.9
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3.0
SW
2.0
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Period (s) (?) 13 15 15 9 18 17 6 8 14 12 14 11 10 10 10 10 13 14
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 411 827 1567 740 585 428 265 569 1080 233 2087 1344 544 1384 684 575 3218 1645
Wind
(km/h)
15
N 35
N 40
S 15
SSW 10
W 5
N 40
SW 25
WSW 25
N 25
NW 45
SSW 20
NNW 30
WSW 15
WSW 20
NW 15
WNW 10
SW 10
NNE
Wind State (?) off off on cross-
on
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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
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53AM
2.93
4:22PM
3.12

4:50AM
2.93
5:19PM
3.12

5:48AM
2.92

6:15PM
3.06
6:44AM
2.88

7:10PM
2.97
7:39AM
2.83

8:05PM
2.87
8:33AM
2.77


Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:09AM
0.35

10:47PM
0.36
11:06AM
0.33

11:43PM
0.36

12:01PM
0.34
12:39AM
0.38

12:56PM
0.39
1:32AM
0.44

1:50PM
0.47
2:25AM
0.51



 

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)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Tue afternoon, min 5°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Tue night, calm by Wed night). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 10°C on Fri morning, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the NW by Sat afternoon).
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Summary some clouds light rain heavy rain light rain some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds clear clear some clouds some clouds some clouds clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) - 1 16 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
High °C 11 13 9 6 5 8 8 8 7 10 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 10
Low °C 9 12 6 5 5 7 8 7 6 7 8 6 9 10 8 9 10 8
Chill °C (?) 8 10 5 3 3 5 3 4 3 7 5 6 7 8 6 8 9 10
Sunrise 7:54 - - 7:54 - - 7:54 - - 7:56 - - 7:56 - - 7:56 - -
Sunset - 16:57 - - 16:57 - - 16:55 - - 16:55 - - 16:55 - - 16:55 -
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Global Wavefinder Golf-course-reef Easter-reef Easter-reef Trial-harbour Bruces-beauties Angourie-point Broken-head J-bay Bears-beach Uatotoka Cloudbreak Uatotoka Cloudbreak Cloudbreak Shingles Amanzimtoti Amanzimtoti Albatross
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