Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Happy Jacks today (31 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 17s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Happy Jacks at 7AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 30). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (31 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (31 Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) | 15s |
| Evening (31 Aug) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Happy Jacks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Mon night, calm by Tue afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||
Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | ||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | S 13 | S 13 | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | S 15 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 13 | S 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 72 | 84 | 119 | 157 | 363 | 443 | 631 | 1408 | 1308 | 2479 | 2652 | 2897 | 2536 | 2130 | 2277 | 3118 | 3406 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross |
High Tide | 7:20PM1.62m | 7:44AM1.59m | 8:05PM1.66m | 8:29AM1.65m | 8:52PM1.69m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:35AM0.24m | 1:48PM0.24m | 2:20AM0.23m | 2:37PM0.24m | |||||||||||||
 | | | |  | | | | |  |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Feels °C | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 15 | S 13 | S 13 | ENE 9 | S 13 | NE 11 | NE 10 | NE 10 | S 12 | S 13 | S 13 |
| kJ | 72 | 74 | 79 | 113 | 103 | 138 | 631 | 1408 | 1308 | 8 | 2652 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 2277 | 3118 | 3406 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 13 | S 13 | NE 9 | S 17 | S 17 | S 10 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 11 | — | SE 12 | SE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 |
| kJ | 55 | 84 | 119 | 81 | 363 | 443 | 257 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 30 | — | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 5 | S 18 | ENE 9 | NE 9 | ENE 8 | SE 11 | SE 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 11 |
| kJ | 3 | 5 | 7 | 157 | 52 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | — | — | NNW 3 | NW 2 | NW 2 | WNW 3 | — | SSW 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 2532 | 2479 | 3782 | 2897 | 2536 | 2130 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 79 | 1 | 87 | 86 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Gisborne and Mahia | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Happy Jacks surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest