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Happy Jacks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 19 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Happy Jacks today?
The current surf forecast for Happy Jacks at 6PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (19 Sep) | 8ft (2.4m) | 8s |
| Evening (19 Sep) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Happy Jacks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 790 | 692 | 847 | 614 | 471 | 391 | 352 | 334 | 301 | 953 | 849 | 692 | 576 | 454 | 308 | 242 | 167 | 220 | 97 | 79 | 81 | 84 | 77 | 75 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:30PM 1.62 | 3:59AM 1.49 | 4:21PM 1.60 | 4:51AM 1.50 | 5:11PM 1.58 | 5:41AM 1.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:50PM 0.24 | 10:11AM 0.23 | 10:42PM 0.25 | 11:02AM 0.25 | 11:31PM 0.28 | 11:49AM 0.28 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:02 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gisborne and Mahia
The wind is still cross-off at Happy Jacks (fresh winds from the S at Mahia Automatic Weather Station 13 km from Happy Jacks). 2.5m 8s swell from the SSE with a 0.6m 9s swell from the E. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 h 14 min ago
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