Cyclone Pam: 'Huge' surf as storm arrives

Mount Maunganui charter fisherman Russ Hawkins of Fat Boys Charters said spectacular seas were visible in the western Bay of Plenty this afternoon. "The surf is really big...It's really huge, lots and lots of people looking out, observing Mother Nature at work," Mr Hawkins said from Marine Parade shortly before 2pm. "It's the biggest I've seen for a long time." Cyclone Pam caused a maximum wave height with an incoming tide to reach a monstrous 9.2m.

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