Hokitika Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 07:18 AM and sunset is at 05:49 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the N by Thu morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SW by Tue night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 10:57AM2.15m | 11:14PM2.14m | 11:29AM2.14m | 11:46PM2.13m | 12:04PM2.11m | 00:20AM2.09m | 12:41PM2.05m | 00:58AM2.03m | 1:24PM1.96m | 1:43AM1.94m | 2:16PM1.87m | 2:37AM1.85m | 3:21PM1.78m | 3:45AM1.79m | 4:34PM1.75m | 5:01AM1.79m | 5:45PM1.78m | 6:12AM1.87m | 6:51PM1.86m | 7:15AM1.99m | 7:49PM1.98m | 8:10AM2.13m | 8:42PM2.11m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:06PM0.28m | 5:20AM0.29m | 5:39PM0.29m | 5:53AM0.31m | 6:14PM0.33m | 6:28AM0.35m | 6:52PM0.39m | 7:09AM0.41m | 7:35PM0.46m | 7:58AM0.49m | 8:27PM0.53m | 8:59AM0.54m | 9:31PM0.59m | 10:13AM0.55m | 10:44PM0.58m | 11:28AM0.49m | 11:58PM0.51m | 12:36PM0.37m | 1:03AM0.38m | 1:35PM0.22m | 2:00AM0.23m | 2:28PM0.09m | 2:51AM0.10m | |||||||||||||
W 14 | W 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 15 | NW 8 | W 11 | W 11 | W 12 | W 14 | W 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | W 8 | W 9 | W 14 | W 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | W 7 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 8 | WSW 14 | W 8 | W 8 | |
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cloudy | some clouds | rain shwrs | mod rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | |
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— | — | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | 2.0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
max°C | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Moonrise | — | 5:42 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 8:05 | — | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 10:16 | — | — | 11:32 | — | — | — | 12:50 | — | — | 2:08 | — | — | 3:25 | — | — |
Moonset | 7:14 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 9:29 | — | — | 10:38 | — | — | 11:43 | — | — | 12:42 | — | — | 1:31 | — | — | 2:11 | — | — | 2:43 | — | — | — | 3:09 | — | — | 3:33 | — | — | 3:56 | — |
 | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — |
 | — | 5:49 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:34 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Hokitika is 15.2 °C (Statistics for 24 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 15.1 max: 16.6 min: 13.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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