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Happy Jacks surf break

Happy Jacks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 11 Jan 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
19.9° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 6PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.7
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.2
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)7810912125551817161413121111131212771110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9201616262519121126135231264324736566411663488390297263191184
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
20
W
15
SSW
20
S
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
40
NE
35
NE
25
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:53PM
1.63
1:21AM
1.60
1:43PM
1.58
2:14AM
1.58
2:32PM
1.55
3:05AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:11PM
0.33
7:35AM
0.41
7:58PM
0.40
8:27AM
0.46
8:45PM
0.46
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------5:54-------5:56-------5:56
Sunset---8:36-------8:36-------8:36----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C283234312624232223171818171717181920202020211918
Feels °C (?)252931272321201921141516151515151616141618201717
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