Hastings

Marine Recreational Forecasts - Hawke Bay

Area Description:

Inshore waters between Cape Kidnappers and Portland Island.

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:

Friday: Northwest 15 knots. Sea slight. Mostly cloudy. Southerly swell half a metre east of Cape Kidnappers to Mohaka. Easterly swell half a metre.

Outlook:

Outlook until midnight Monday: Saturday: Northwest 15 knots, changing southwest 10 knots in the afternoon. Partly cloudy. Southerly swell 1 metre developing east of Cape Kidnappers to Mohaka. Easterly swell half a metre. Sunday: Southwest 10 knots, easing to variable 5 knots early. Becoming northerly 15 knots late. A few showers. Southerly swell 1 metre. Monday: Northerly 15 knots, easing to variable 5 knots early. Becoming westerly 15 knots later. A few showers developing. Southerly swell 1 metre.

Swell:

Marine Coastal Forecasts - Portland

Forecast:

Friday : Northwest 15 knots. Sea slight. Long period southwest swell 1 metre.

Outlook:

Outlook following 3 days: Saturday: Northwest 20 knots, becoming northerly 20 knots but southwest 20 knots south of Mahia Peninsula in the afternoon. Moderate northwest swell north of East Cape developing. Sunday: Northwest 20 knots but southwest 20 knots south of Mahia Peninsula. South of East Cape - Moderate southwest swell developing. North of East Cape - Moderate northwest swell. Monday: Rising to northwest 25 knots everywhere early. Sea becoming rough. Moderate southwest swell, but moderate northwest swell north of East Cape, dying out everywhere.