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Happy Jacks surf break

Happy Jacks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 Feb 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Happy Jacks today?

The current surf forecast for Happy Jacks at 10AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (06 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
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
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.7
NE
1
ESE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.3
S
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)10101010881181111101010888888888148
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18418718713614213112812114614611284678162765544444141413531
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
SSW
10
S
10
E
15
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
0
W
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscrossoncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
1.76
10:21PM
1.70
10:41AM
1.71
11:06PM
1.69
11:30AM
1.67
11:52PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
0.20
4:13PM
0.21
4:30AM
0.27
5:00PM
0.27
5:20AM
0.33
5:47PM
0.34
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise-6:24-------6:24-------6:26------
Sunset-----8:19-------8:17-------8:16--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141417192019181818182021222322232120222321201818
Feels °C (?)121216181817161718182020212120222019232219191717
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