Happy Jacks surf break

Happy Jacks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 19 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
17.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Happy Jacks today?

The current surf forecast for Happy Jacks at 10PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (19 Apr)6ft (1.8m)8s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
3
4
2
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
2
NNE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
S
1.6
S
1.8
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
3.5
S
4
S
4.5
S
5
S
Period(s) (?)9888888898898810101011111011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)211439408541120107107107172157153168125107282530721936114311242419321747505839
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
5
N
5
SSE
5
S
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NW
15
N
20
N
15
N
15
NE
15
NE
15
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
40
SW
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
1.88
7:41AM
1.81
8:06PM
1.93
8:37AM
1.81
8:59PM
1.93
9:34AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.16
1:29AM
0.15
1:52PM
0.14
2:26AM
0.13
2:46PM
0.13
3:24AM
0.11
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------6:39-------6:41-------6:41-
Sunset5:35-------5:32-------5:31-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
--------12584----21-1428
Temp. °C191818161616171817151514141415181815151414141414
Feels °C (?)1717171515151618171513131212111515131299776
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