Happy Jacks surf break

Happy Jacks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 23 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
18.6° 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 9AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101099915141414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2622312362362131851921671631391081018181721061031071029896938783
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
0
W
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28PM
1.81
9:55AM
1.77
10:17PM
1.85
10:49AM
1.76
11:10PM
1.84
11:44AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42AM
0.16
4:07PM
0.15
4:38AM
0.16
5:00PM
0.16
5:35AM
0.16
5:55PM
0.16
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise----7:13-------7:13-------7:15---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:15-------7:13
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141413131416161514141313151717161615151516181817
Feels °C (?)141413131415141211121111131413131413131414151513
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