Happy Jacks surf break

Happy Jacks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.5° 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 2PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (06 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)1010101010107787888888888888810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)342399473544586640388452504547675534600549561527468456456445366460432573
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
1.63
9:00PM
1.70
9:24AM
1.61
9:41PM
1.66
10:07AM
1.57
10:23PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49PM
0.45
3:17AM
0.43
3:32PM
0.47
4:01AM
0.45
4:15PM
0.48
4:45AM
0.45
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise6:26-------6:28-------6:28-------
Sunset--5:53-------5:52-------5:51-----
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
mod rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11-1-111-1----------116-
Temp. °C171818171617161717171717171717181820201918181718
Feels °C (?)141514131313111313121212121213151518171717171617
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