Auckland

Marine Recreational Forecasts - Auckland

Area Description:

Manukau and Waitemata Harbours, Hauraki Gulf and Bream Head to Cape Colville.

Situation:

High pressure over the North Island begins to track east as a low crosses the central South Island, moving an attached front northward. The front moves onto the southwest of the North Island this evening. Tomorrow, the low and front continue to move east while a new front moves onto Fiordland in the evening. A mobile southwesterly flow establishes over the country through Sunday to Tuesday, associated with a series of fronts embedded in the flow bringing cold and unsettled weather.

Warnings:

Nil

Forecasts:

For Manukau Harbour: Friday: Variable 5 knots. Northwest 10 knots developing this morning. Sea slight. Mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower. Southwest swell 1.5 to 2 metres. Saturday: Northwest 10 knots, changing southwest 15 knots in the afternoon. Showers. Southwest swell 2 metres. Sunday: Southwest 15 knots, turning northwest 10 knots later. Partly cloudy. Southwest swell rising to 3 metres. Monday: Northwest 10 knots, becoming southwest 20 knots early. Rain, clearing. Southwest swell 3 metres easing. For Waitemata Harbour: Friday: Variable 5 knots. Northerly 10 knots developing this morning, rising to 15 knots for a time this afternoon and early evening. Sea slight. Mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower from this afternoon. Saturday: Northerly 15 knots, changing southwest 10 knots in the afternoon. A few showers, turning to rain. Sunday: Southwest 15 knots, turning northwest 10 knots late. Fine. Monday: Westerly 10 knots, rising to 20 knots early. Rain, easing. For Hauraki Gulf: Friday: Variable 5 knots. Northwest 10 knots developing this morning, rising to northerly 15 knots this afternoon. Sea slight. Mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower from this afternoon. Saturday: Northerly 15 knots, rising to 20 knots in the morning. Changing southwest 10 knots in the evening. Rain developing. Sunday: Southwest 15 knots, turning northwest 10 knots late. Fine. Monday: Westerly 10 knots, rising to 20 knots early. Showers, clearing. For Bream Head to Cape Colville: Friday: Northwest 10 knots. Rising to northerly 15 knots, but 20 knots about Colville Channel, this afternoon. Sea becoming moderate about Colville Channel this afternoon. Mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower from this afternoon. Northeast swell half a metre. Saturday: Northerly 15 knots, but 20 knots about the channel, rising to 20 knots everywhere in the morning. Changing southerly 15 knots in the evening. Rain developing. Northeast swell half a metre to 1 metre. Sunday: Southwest 15 knots, turning northwest 15 knots late. Fine. Northerly swell 1 metre dying out. Monday: Westerly 20 knots. Showers, clearing. Northerly swell 1 metre developing.

Outlook:

Swell:

Marine Coastal Forecasts - Kaipara

Forecast:

Friday : Variable 10 knots. Northwest 15 knots developing in the morning. Sea slight. Long period southwest swell rising to 2 metres offshore late.

Outlook:

Outlook following 3 days: Saturday: Northerly 20 knots, becoming southerly 20 knots in the afternoon. Moderate southwest swell. Sunday: Southerly 20 knots, turning westerly 15 knots early. Moderate southwest swell. Monday: Southwest 20 knots, rising to 30 knots early. Sea becoming rough. Moderate southwest swell.