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3 Apr 2025 9:36
NZ Recreational Marine and Coastal Forecasts
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    Home >Weather >Marine Forecasts >Recreational

    Recreational Marine: Mana
    Marine Weather Situation and Forecast issued at 0715hrs Thursday 03-Apr-2025 by MetService

    Gale warnings for COOK and STEPHENS

    Situation:
    A deep low is positioned just west of the South Island, moving southeastward and driving a strong northeasterly flow over New Zealand. Several fronts associated with the low will cross the country today. The large trough on Friday then shifts eastward, moving out of the region late in the day. A ridge of high pressure moves over New Zealand on Saturday. On Sunday, a low over the Tasman Sea approaches the centre of the country, followed by a strong southwesterly wind establishing itself by late Monday.

    Forecast issued at 0437hrs Thursday 03-Apr-2025
    Valid to 7 am Thursday for Inshore waters from Pukerua Bay to Makara Beach.
    Strong wind advisory.
    Thursday: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing early, rising to 20 knots this morning, and to 25 knots gusting 35 knots this afternoon. Sea becoming rough this afternoon. Poor visibility in scattered rain. Northwest swell 1 metre rising to 1.5 metres.

    Outlook until midnight Sunday:
    Friday: Northerly 25 knots. Rain, clearing. Northwest swell 1 metre.
    Saturday: Northwest 20 knots, easing to variable 5 knots early. Becoming
    northeast 10 knots late. Showers developing. Northwest swell 1 metre
    dying out.
    Sunday: Northerly 15 knots. Showers developing.

    High tide at Plimmerton:




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