Pouawa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

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	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the W by Thu night).
	Tuesday 9							Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri 12
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 13	ENE 9	S 10	S 11	S 14	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 12	SE 10	SSE 10	S 11	SSE 16	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	ESE 9	SE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	849	772	0	26	0	0	0	0	148	120
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	W	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					12:14PM1.28m				00:34AM1.39m				1:05PM1.32m				1:25AM1.42m				2:00PM1.38m
Low Tide			6:12AM0.27m				6:24PM0.30m				6:59AM0.24m				7:15PM0.28m				7:48AM0.20m				8:10PM0.25m


	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	7:20
	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	4:52
mm	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	10	10	11	11	10	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	13	12	11	10	9	8	11	12	11	10	9
Feels °C	3	1	1	0	-1	-2	1	1	3	4	4	4	5	8	6	7	6	5	4	7	9	8	8	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	S 19	—	S 21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 14	—	—	SE 10	SSE 10	S 13	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 12	S 12
kJ	2	273	—	2731	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6311	—	—	849	772	125	1580	1300	1108	973	1087	1361	993
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	ENE 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	S 18	ESE 9	SE 9
kJ	3	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26	193	296	317	6	148	120
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 13	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 18	SSW 11	S 17
kJ	7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	111	119	30	65	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 11	S 14	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	S 11	S 11	SSW 11	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	996	1631	4015	7321	17942	29983	29745	23109	16680	11633	8740	10311	4660	3504	2915	1538	1888	2256	900	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Marokopa Taranaki	Tokata East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Waihau Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Waipaoa River Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Waipaoa River Gisborne and Mahia	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	7	2	3	2	1	1	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	1	1
Distance (km)	96	96	112	116	116	116	302	116	116	116	115	115	58	58	42	21	42	13	9	9	31	21	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Gisborne and Mahia																Waipaoa River		Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe	Wainui Beach - Stockroute	Wainui Beach - Stockroute	Last Chance	Diners Beach	Diners Beach	Diners Beach
Rating (10 max)																4		4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stent Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Weld Road Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Three Points East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	5	9	8	9	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Ahijedero Mexico	Fox River New Zealand	Graveyards New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	Eclipse Costa Rica	Mangamaunu New Zealand	Graveyards New Zealand	Fishermans Point El Salvador	Red Bluff Australia	Boners United States	Bullies Australia	Luna Park Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	7

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