Otaki River Boating Forecast

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1 Warning
Strong Wind Advisory

Strong Wind Advisory
Area:
Kapiti
Issued: 4:22am Thu 29 May

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Otaki River

sunrise 7:32am

sunset 5:03pm

Northeast 20 knots, changing northwest 25 knots gusting 35 knots for a time in the morning. Easing to northeast 15 knots in the afternoon. Changing to southerly 15 knots in the evening. Sea becoming rough for a time in the morning. Poor visibility in showers, heavy at times. Northwest swell 1.5 to 2 metres.

Issued:4:22am Thu 29 May | Written forecast for Kapiti recreational marine area

Strong Wind Advisory

	6PM	9PM	12AM	3AM	6AM
Rating	2 - Bad	1 - Bad	1 - Bad	3 - Bad	1 - Bad
Wind (kts)	14 N	16 NE	15 N	11 NE	18 NE
Gusts (kts)	20	21	20	14	25
Sea	2.3m NE	2.1m NE	2.1m NE	2.0m NE	2.0m NW
Chop Height	1.7m	1.6m	1.5m	1.4m	1.3m
Swell	1.6m NW	1.4m NW	1.4m NW	1.4m NW	1.5m NW
Period	9sec	9sec	9sec	9sec	6sec

Boating Conditions

7-10: Good: Calm waters, based on little or no wind, and swell height less than a metre.

4-6: OK: Average boating conditions, possibly affected by light-fair winds, and a swell height around 1-2 metres.

1-3: Bad: Poor and possibly dangerous conditions such as strong winds & a big swell height 2-3+ metres.

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The daily rating is the best rating as forecast for that day. The forecast wind and waves above have been automatically generated by MetOcean Solutions computer weather modeling system and have not been moderated by MetService forecasters. They may vary from those in the corresponding coastal or recreational marine forecast produced by our forecast team.