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 — and sunset is at 06:00 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 23°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Mon morning, calm by Wed morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | Friday 25 | Saturday 26 | Sunday 27 | Monday 28 | Tuesday 29 | Wed 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 1:51PM1.82m | 2:09AM1.80m | 2:44PM1.72m | 3:06AM1.70m | 3:50PM1.64m | 4:18AM1.65m | 5:05PM1.63m | 5:34AM1.67m | 6:15PM1.68m | 6:42AM1.77m | 7:16PM1.80m | 7:38AM1.93m | 8:10PM1.94m | 8:28AM2.09m | 8:58PM2.10m | 9:15AM2.25m | 9:44PM2.23m | 10:01AM2.36m | 10:29PM2.32m | 10:49AM2.40m | 11:15PM2.36m | 11:38AM2.38m | 00:03AM2.33m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:02PM0.53m | 8:25AM0.57m | 8:54PM0.60m | 9:29AM0.62m | 10:01PM0.64m | 10:45AM0.62m | 11:17PM0.62m | 11:59AM0.53m | 00:28AM0.53m | 1:02PM0.39m | 1:28AM0.38m | 1:56PM0.21m | 2:19AM0.22m | 2:45PM0.05m | 3:06AM0.06m | 3:31PM-0.07m | 3:52AM-0.05m | 4:17PM-0.13m | 4:37AM-0.11m | 5:03PM-0.12m | 5:24AM-0.10m | 5:51PM-0.03m | 6:14AM-0.02m | |||||||||||||
NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 11 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | N 9 | NNW 8 | NNW 7 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 10 | WSW 18 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | W 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | W 14 | WSW 14 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 10 | NNW 11 | NW 10 | W 11 | W 12 | WSW 12 | W 13 | |
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some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | mod rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | mod rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | heavy rain | heavy rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | |
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— | 1 | — | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |
max°C | 23 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Moonrise | 8:35 | — | — | — | 9:32 | — | — | 10:37 | — | — | 11:49 | — | — | — | 1:02 | — | — | 2:18 | — | — | 3:34 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | 10:25 |
Moonset | 12:17 | — | 1:11 | — | — | 1:57 | — | — | 2:34 | — | — | — | 3:05 | — | — | 3:31 | — | — | 3:54 | — | — | 4:16 | — | — | 4:39 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 6:11 | — | 6:58 |
 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 |
 | 6:00 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 5:49 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Hokitika is 15.9 °C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 15.3 max: 16.6 min: 13.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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