Happy Jacks surf break

Happy Jacks surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 22 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 2PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
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
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)910109109101010101010101010109991515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)423391391347327281262231236236213213192196163139128101977772106103107
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SW
0
SSW
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
NE
5
NE
0
NE
0
SSE
0
ESE
5
E
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
N
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
1.77
9:28PM
1.81
9:55AM
1.77
10:17PM
1.85
10:49AM
1.76
11:10PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
0.16
3:16PM
0.15
3:42AM
0.16
4:07PM
0.15
4:38AM
0.16
5:00PM
0.16
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise--7:11-------7:13-------7:13-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:15-------7:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131314161615141414131516161515141413161717161615
Feels °C (?)121314151414141514131514131212121311141514131413
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