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Sponge bay surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
How big are the waves at Sponge bay today?
The current surf forecast for Sponge bay at 4AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (08 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
Afternoon (08 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
Evening (08 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Sponge bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 08 | Wednesday 09 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 17 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 16 | 55 | 84 | 73 | 102 | 100 | 95 | 87 | 85 | 107 | 547 | 599 | 629 | 540 | 624 | 494 | 401 | 328 | 241 | 232 | 190 | 186 | 145 | 136 | 96 | 96 | 100 | 75 | 71 | 53 | 43 | 43 | 37 | 27 | 35 | 113 | 111 | 111 | 109 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 34 | 27 | 71 | 161 | 146 | 139 | 142 | 125 | 118 | 105 | 98 | 93 | 58 | 48 | 45 | 43 | 86 | 170 |
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 | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | on | on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:00AM 1.83 | 2:50PM 1.73 | 3:15AM 1.83 | 4:02PM 1.78 | 4:19AM 1.85 | 4:50PM 1.83 | 5:05AM 1.88 | 5:29PM 1.86 | 5:42AM 1.89 | 6:05PM 1.88 | 6:15AM 1.88 | 6:39PM 1.88 | 6:46AM 1.87 | 7:14PM 1.87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:40PM 0.72 | 8:28AM 0.74 | 8:54PM 0.72 | 9:33AM 0.72 | 10:01PM 0.69 | 10:28AM 0.67 | 10:50PM 0.64 | 11:13AM 0.62 | 11:31PM 0.60 | 11:52AM 0.58 | 12:06AM 0.58 | 12:27PM 0.54 | 12:41AM 0.58 | 1:01PM 0.52 | 1:17AM 0.58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 08 | Wednesday 09 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °C | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
Feels °C (?) | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
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