Coastal Forecasts and Warnings
Warnings
No Warnings In Effect
The Situation
A ridge of high pressure extends across the Tasman Sea and covers Aoteoroa/ New Zealand this weekend.A large high over the country moves northeast during Monday. A front should reach the south of the South Island at night and move northeast over the Island during Tuesday while weakening. A new high is expected to spread onto the South Island behind the front and expand to cover most of the country on Wednesday.
Issued: 9:06am Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Coastal Forecasts
Plenty
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Variable 10 knots. Sea slight. Long period easterly swell 1 metre.
Sunday: Variable 10 knots. Northwest 15 knots developing late afternoon. Sea slight. Long period easterly swell 1 metre.
Monday: Northerly 10 knots.
Tuesday: Northeast 10 knots, becoming northwest 15 knots later.
Wednesday: Northwest 15 knots.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Colville
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Variable 10 knots. Southerly 15 knots developing in the evening. Sea slight. Long period easterly swell 1 metre.
Sunday: Southerly 15 knots, easing to variable 10 knots in the morning. Sea slight. Long period easterly swell 1 metre.
Monday: Variable 10 knots.
Tuesday: Northeast 10 knots.
Wednesday: Variable 10 knots.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Brett
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Variable 10 knots. Southerly 15 knots developing in the evening. Sea slight. Long period easterly swell 1 metre.
Sunday: Southerly 15 knots, turning easterly 10 knots in the afternoon. Sea slight. Long period easterly swell 1 metre.
Monday: Southeast 10 knots.
Tuesday: Easterly 10 knots.
Wednesday: Variable 10 knots.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Kaipara
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Southerly 15 knots. Sea slight. Long period southwest swell 2 metres.
Sunday: Southerly 15 knots. Sea slight. Southwest swell 2 metres.
Monday: Southeast 10 knots. Moderate southwest swell easing.
Tuesday: Easterly 10 knots.
Wednesday: Southeast 10 knots. Moderate southwest swell developing south of Cape Reinga.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Raglan
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Southwest 20 knots. Sea moderate. Long period southwest swell 2 metres.
Sunday: Southwest 15 knots. Sea slight. Southwest swell 2 metres.
Monday: Southerly 10 knots. Moderate southwest swell easing.
Tuesday: Variable 10 knots.
Wednesday: Southwest 10 knots.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Stephens
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Southwest 25 knots but 15 knots east of Stephens Island to Hawera. Rough sea in the west. West of Farewell Spit to Hawera: Long period southwest swell 2 metres. Elsewhere: Westerly swell 1 metre.
Sunday: Southwest 20 knots, easing to 10 knots east of Farewell Spit to Hawera in the morning. Becoming southeast 15 knots everywhere in the evening. Moderate sea easing. West of Farewell Spit to Hawera: Southwest swell 2 metres. Elsewhere: Westerly swell 1 metre.
Monday: Southerly 10 knots.
Tuesday: Westerly 10 knots, rising to 20 knots early.
Wednesday: Westerly 15 knots, turning southeast 15 knots later.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Cook
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Variable 10 knots. Sea slight. Southerly swell 1 metre, easing.
Sunday: Variable 10 knots. Southerly 15 knots developing in the morning. Sea slight.
Monday: Variable 10 knots, becoming northerly 15 knots in the afternoon.
Tuesday: Northerly 15 knots, rising to northwest 25 knots early. Sea becoming rough.
Wednesday: Northwest 20 knots, becoming southeast 20 knots early.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Castlepoint
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Southwest 15 knots. Easing to variable 10 knots in the evening. Sea slight. Long period southwest swell rising to 2 metres.
Sunday: Variable 10 knots. Southerly 15 knots developing for a time in the afternoon and evening. Sea slight. Southwest swell 2 metres.
Monday: Variable 10 knots, becoming northeast 20 knots in the afternoon. Moderate southerly swell.
Tuesday: Northerly 20 knots. Moderate southerly swell easing.
Wednesday: Northwest 15 knots, turning southwest 15 knots early. Turning southeast 15 knots later.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Portland
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Variable 10 knots. Sea slight. Long period southwest swell rising to 2 metres offshore.
Sunday: Variable 10 knots. Northerly 15 knots developing in the afternoon. Changing southerly 15 knots south of Mahia in the evening. Sea slight. Long period southwest swell 1 metre. Southeast swell 1 metre developing for a time.
Monday: Southerly 10 knots, becoming easterly 10 knots but northeast 20 knots south of Mahia Peninsula in the afternoon. Moderate southerly swell easing.
Tuesday: Becoming northeast 15 knots everywhere early, becoming northwest 20 knots in the morning. Moderate southerly swell developing south of East Cape.
Wednesday: Northwest 20 knots, changing southeast 10 knots early. Moderate southerly swell south of East Cape.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Abel
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Southwest 15 knots. Sea slight.
Sunday: Southwest 15 knots, turning northeast 15 knots in the evening. Sea slight.
Monday: Variable 10 knots, becoming northwest 15 knots in the afternoon.
Tuesday: Westerly 10 knots, rising to northwest 25 knots early. Sea becoming rough.
Wednesday: Westerly 20 knots, easing to variable 10 knots early. Becoming southeast 20 knots later.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Grey
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Southwest 20 knots. Sea moderate. Long period southwest swell 2 metres.
Sunday: Southwest 20 knots, easing to 10 knots in the evening. Moderate sea easing. Southwest swell 2 metres.
Monday: Southwest 10 knots. Moderate southwest swell easing.
Tuesday: Westerly 10 knots, rising to northwest 20 knots early. Turning southwest 25 knots late. Sea becoming rough. Westerly swell becoming moderate.
Wednesday: Southwest 20 knots, easing to 10 knots later. Moderate southwest swell.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Milford
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Southwest 20 knots. Sea moderate. Southwest swell 3 metres. Fair visibility in showers.
Sunday: Southwest 15 knots. Sea slight. Southwest swell 3 metres, easing. Fair visibility in showers, easing in the afternoon.
Monday: Southwest 15 knots, turning northwest 10 knots in the morning. Rising to northerly 20 knots in the afternoon. Moderate southwest swell easing.
Tuesday: Northerly 20 knots, changing southwest 15 knots early, rising to 25 knots later. Sea becoming rough. Northwest swell becoming moderate.
Wednesday: Southwest 25 knots, easing to 15 knots late. Rough sea easing. Moderate northwest swell dying out. Moderate southwest swell developing.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Puysegur
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Westerly 20 knots. Sea moderate. Southwest swell 4 metres offshore, easing late. Fair visibility in showers.
Sunday: Westerly 15 knots. Sea slight. Southwest swell 3 metres, easing. Fair visibility in showers, easing in the afternoon.
Monday: Northwest 15 knots, rising to northerly 25 knots in the morning. Sea becoming rough. Moderate southwest swell dying out. Moderate northwest swell developing.
Tuesday: Northerly 25 knots, becoming westerly 20 knots early. Rough sea easing. Moderate westerly swell.
Wednesday: Westerly 20 knots. Moderate westerly swell.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Foveaux
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Westerly 25 knots. Sea rough. Southwest swell 4 metres offshore, easing late. Fair visibility in showers.
Sunday: Southwest 20 knots, easing to westerly 10 knots late evening. Moderate sea easing. Southwest swell 3 metres, easing. Fair visibility in showers, easing in the afternoon.
Monday: Northwest 10 knots, rising to northerly 20 knots in the afternoon. Moderate southwest swell easing.
Tuesday: Northerly 20 knots, becoming westerly 20 knots early. Southwest swell becoming moderate.
Wednesday: Westerly 20 knots, easing to 10 knots late. Moderate southwest swell.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Chalmers
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Southwest 20 knots. Sea moderate. Southwest swell rising to 3 metres. Fair visibility in showers.
Sunday: Southwest 15 knots. Sea slight. Southwest swell 3 metres, easing.
Monday: Westerly 10 knots, changing northeast 15 knots in the morning. Moderate southwest swell easing.
Tuesday: Northerly 15 knots, becoming westerly 10 knots early. Rising to southwest 20 knots later.
Wednesday: Southwest 20 knots, easing to westerly 10 knots later. Southwest swell becoming moderate.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Rangitata
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Variable 10 knots but southwest 15 knots offshore. Sea slight. Southwest swell 3 metres offshore, easing.
Sunday: Southwest 15 knots, easing to variable 10 knots in the afternoon. Sea slight. Southwest swell 2 metres.
Monday: Variable 10 knots, becoming northeast 15 knots in the morning. Moderate southerly swell easing.
Tuesday: Northeast 15 knots, becoming northwest 10 knots early. Changing southerly 15 knots later.
Wednesday: Southerly 10 knots, rising to southwest 20 knots early. Easing to variable 10 knots later. Southerly swell becoming moderate.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Conway
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Northeast 15 knots easing to variable 10 knots overnight. Sea slight. Long period southwest swell 2 metres.
Sunday: Variable 10 knots. Southerly 15 knots developing for a time in the morning. Sea slight. Southwest swell 2 metres. Fair visibility in showers developing in the morning.
Monday: Northeast 10 knots, rising to 20 knots in the morning. Moderate southerly swell easing.
Tuesday: Northeast 15 knots, becoming northwest 20 knots early.
Wednesday: Turning southerly 20 knots early, easing to 10 knots in the morning. Southerly swell becoming moderate.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Chatham Islands
Warning: Nil
Saturday: Southwest 25 knots. Sea rough. Long period southwest swell rising to 4 metres offshore.
Sunday: Southwest 25 knots. Sea rough. Southwest swell 4 metres, easing. Southeast swell 1 metre developing. Fair visibility in showers.
Monday: Westerly 20 knots, rising to southwest 30 knots in the morning, easing to 20 knots in the evening. Sea becoming rough for a time. Southwest swell becoming heavy.
Tuesday: Southwest 15 knots, turning northwest 15 knots early, rising to 25 knots later. Sea becoming rough. Heavy southwest swell easing.
Wednesday: Northwest 25 knots, turning southwest 20 knots early. Rough sea easing. Moderate southwest swell.
Issued: 4:29pm Saturday 22 Feb 2025
Auckland VHF Warning
No Warnings In Effect