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Oaro surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand
How big are the waves at Oaro today?
The current surf forecast for Oaro at 8PM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.
Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (01 May) | - | - |
Afternoon (01 May) | 16ft (5.0m) | 11s |
Evening (01 May) | 15ft (4.5m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Oaro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 01 | Friday 02 | Saturday 03 | Sunday 04 | Monday 05 | Tuesday 06 | Wednesday 07 | Thursday 08 | Fri 09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 5381 | 5516 | 5307 | 5053 | 2204 | 3888 | 3616 | 3616 | 3514 | 4353 | 3590 | 2171 | 1692 | 1385 | 867 | 678 | 416 | 320 | 216 | 330 | 479 | 1617 | 1422 | 1243 | 212 | 210 | 691 | 551 | 472 | 449 | 430 | 350 | 337 | 274 | 223 | 205 | 103 | 115 | 113 | 86 | 65 | 65 | 46 | 40 | 56 | 54 | 49 | 81 | 80 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 17 | 39 | 99 | 90 | 127 | 80 |
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- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | on | glass | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | glass | glass | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | glass | glass | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | glass | glass | off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:56PM 1.79 | 8:25AM 1.59 | 8:55PM 1.75 | 9:24AM 1.55 | 9:53PM 1.70 | 10:22AM 1.51 | 10:49PM 1.64 | 11:18AM 1.47 | 11:43PM 1.58 | 12:11PM 1.43 | 12:34AM 1.52 | 1:01PM 1.40 | 1:22AM 1.47 | 1:49PM 1.39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:21AM 0.04 | 2:37PM 0.05 | 3:20AM 0.07 | 3:34PM 0.09 | 4:16AM 0.11 | 4:31PM 0.14 | 5:11AM 0.15 | 5:25PM 0.18 | 6:03AM 0.19 | 6:18PM 0.23 | 6:52AM 0.22 | 7:08PM 0.26 | 7:39AM 0.25 | 7:56PM 0.29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 01 | Friday 02 | Saturday 03 | Sunday 04 | Monday 05 | Tuesday 06 | Wednesday 07 | Thursday 08 | Fri 09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sunset | 5:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:21 | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °C | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Feels °C (?) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
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