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Hicks Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand
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Hicks Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hicks Bay sea temperature is
19.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Hicks Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Hicks Bay at 11AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Mar) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (29 Mar) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
| Evening (29 Mar) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Hicks Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 787 | 787 | 703 | 692 | 605 | 585 | 467 | 393 | 386 | 302 | 251 | 489 | 613 | 546 | 478 | 372 | 278 | 218 | 65 | 65 | 188 | 138 | 453 | 434 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:12AM 1.99 | 4:29PM 1.87 | 5:12AM 2.00 | 5:32PM 1.87 | 6:06AM 2.01 | 6:30PM 1.90 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:31AM 0.59 | 10:50PM 0.53 | 11:30AM 0.55 | 11:48PM 0.52 | 12:27PM 0.49 | 12:43AM 0.49 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wed 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:02 | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
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