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Happy Jacks surf break

Happy Jacks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 16 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Happy Jacks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Happy Jacks sea temperature is
18.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Happy Jacks today?

The current surf forecast for Happy Jacks at 12PM is: 1.2m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)4ft (1.2m)17s
Afternoon (16 Mar)4ft (1.2m)17s
Evening (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

Table - waves today at Happy Jacks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)15171717161616161515151413131312121211111111115
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3398168358357696236075855484594523663503362561841801341258582575645
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
N
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
N
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
ESE
15
E
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
1.48
4:23PM
1.38
4:49AM
1.50
5:14PM
1.43
5:40AM
1.55
6:05PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17AM
0.35
10:36PM
0.35
11:06AM
0.30
11:28PM
0.29
11:56AM
0.26
12:17AM
0.23
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:25-------7:23--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141316191918171615151718181817161515171919181716
Feels °C (?)121013141313141515151818171514141313151615151516
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