Cyclone Update Wed March 14th 3am Brisbane Time: Cyclone Tomas is directing a northerly swell towards the north-facing coasts of NZ, North Island. 2m 16s swell reaching Great Barrier Island on Thursday afternoon. Giant cyclone Ului continues to generate huge swells in the Coral Sea off the east coast of Australia. Large east swells already affecting Queensland, will peak on Saturday at an epic 4 to 7m 16s. Swells from Ului will reach the the coast of northern New South Wales by Friday and reach a long way south by Sunday. View the animated swell maps
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Issued (local time): 13
pm Thursday 18
Mar 2010
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| Period (s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 5230 | 5056 | 4981 | 4763 | 4308 | 3694 | 3278 | 2781 | 2513 | 2176 | 1946 | 1753 | 1527 | 1390 | 1348 | 1141 | 1081 | 990 | ||||||
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Kleinmond(Port Alfred) blow from the W
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| Period (s) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
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| Period (s) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | 13 | - | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | ||||||
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Thu 18 2PM |
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Thu 18 11PM |
Fri 19 2AM |
Fri 19 5AM |
Fri 19 8AM |
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Fri 19 2PM |
Fri 19 5PM |
Fri 19 8PM |
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Sat 20 2AM |
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Note: the tide data above is . Surf properties and timing are calculated for Kleinmond(Port Alfred). New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Today's sea temperature is 24.2 °C (Statistics for 18 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 23.3 max: 24.3 min: 22.2 °C) |
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| Temp. °C | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | ||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | - | 18:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
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