Mahia Spit Surf Photo by Rob Davies

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Open ocean wave model on 22 February at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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Open ocean wave model on 22 February at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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	9 s	cross- off	10 s	9 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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Open ocean wave model on 23 February at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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Open ocean wave model on 24 February at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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	10 s	off	7 s	9 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 February at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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	ESE	SW	S	ENE	ESE
	9 s	off	7 s	9 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 February at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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	ESE	SSW	S	ENE	ESE
	9 s	off	10 s	9 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 February at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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	ESE	SSW	S	S	ENE
	9 s	cross- off	6 s	10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 February at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SE	SSW	S	S	ENE
	9 s	cross- off	6 s	9 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 February at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

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	S	S	S	S	ENE
	13 s	cross- off	7 s	13 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 February at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Mahia Spit around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 57 minutes after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.4m (4.5 ft). Range 2.06m (6.8 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Mahia Spit Surf Photo: 'First reef east of The Spit' by Rob Davies

High tide, and good for a small swell on a day when all Gisborne breaks were onshore. About head-high.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 5:46 pm 23 Feb 2013

michael cooper
Spent maybe the two best weeks of my life there in the early seventies.