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Wind, waves & weather forecast Russell / Bay of Islands

172.14°
8 kts
South
10.45%
15 °C
Sky clear
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Last update: 04:36 local time / Next update: 10:57 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
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Wednesday, May 13

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
168.42°
7
15
42.73%
15
1016
80.25°
1.2
9
00h
168.42°
4 m/s
max 8
42.73%
15 °C
1016 hPa
80.25°
1.2 m
9 s
03h
174.48°
8
15
86.42%
14
1016
78.75°
1.2
9
03h
174.48°
4 m/s
max 8
86.42%
14 °C
1016 hPa
78.75°
1.2 m
9 s
06h
180.89°
8
17
46.74%
14
1017
78.19°
1.2
9
06h
180.89°
4 m/s
max 9
46.74%
14 °C
1017 hPa
78.19°
1.2 m
9 s
09h
172.14°
8
17
10.45%
15
1019
78.06°
1.1
9
09h
172.14°
4 m/s
max 9
10.45%
15 °C
1019 hPa
78.06°
1.1 m
9 s
12h
144.48°
10
13
14.57%
18
1019
79.25°
1.1
9
12h
144.48°
5 m/s
max 7
14.57%
18 °C
1019 hPa
79.25°
1.1 m
9 s
15h
90.85°
13
17
13.47%
Rain
1.1
17
1019
89.12°
1.6
7
15h
90.85°
6 m/s
max 9
13.47%Rain
1.1 mm
17 °C
1019 hPa
89.12°
1.6 m
7 s
18h
101.52°
13
20
76.35%
Rain
1.8
16
1022
93.88°
2
7
18h
101.52°
7 m/s
max 10
76.35%Rain
1.8 mm
16 °C
1022 hPa
93.88°
2 m
7 s
21h
104.28°
12
19
56.86%
Rain
1.3
16
1024
91.75°
2.1
8
21h
104.28°
6 m/s
max 10
56.86%Rain
1.3 mm
16 °C
1024 hPa
91.75°
2.1 m
8 s

Thursday, May 14

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
100.12°
11
17
84.03%
Rain
0.8
16
1025
88.94°
2.1
8
00h
100.12°
6 m/s
max 9
84.03%Rain
0.8 mm
16 °C
1025 hPa
88.94°
2.1 m
8 s
03h
104.91°
10
14
48.7%
15
1025
87.81°
2
8
03h
104.91°
5 m/s
max 7
48.7%
15 °C
1025 hPa
87.81°
2 m
8 s
06h
131.53°
10
16
63.47%
14
1026
87.25°
1.9
8
06h
131.53°
5 m/s
max 8
63.47%
14 °C
1026 hPa
87.25°
1.9 m
8 s
09h
138.71°
9
15
1.38%
15
1027
87.62°
1.7
8
09h
138.71°
5 m/s
max 8
1.38%
15 °C
1027 hPa
87.62°
1.7 m
8 s
12h
134.88°
11
13
5.21%
17
1027
87.69°
1.6
8
12h
134.88°
6 m/s
max 7
5.21%
17 °C
1027 hPa
87.69°
1.6 m
8 s
15h
129.65°
11
13
50.29%
17
1026
87.12°
1.5
8
15h
129.65°
6 m/s
max 6
50.29%
17 °C
1026 hPa
87.12°
1.5 m
8 s
18h
125.79°
10
15
34.34%
14
1027
86.38°
1.5
8
18h
125.79°
5 m/s
max 8
34.34%
14 °C
1027 hPa
86.38°
1.5 m
8 s
21h
126.08°
9
15
96.7%
15
1029
87.62°
1.6
8
21h
126.08°
5 m/s
max 8
96.7%
15 °C
1029 hPa
87.62°
1.6 m
8 s

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General

This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Russell / Bay of Islands in Northland, New Zealand. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.

Forecast

This forecast is based on the GFS model. Forecasts are available worldwide. The horizontal resolution is about 13 km. Forecasts are computed 4 times a day, at about 01:00, 07:00, 13:00 and 19:00 New Zealand Standard Time. Predictions are available in time steps of 6 hours for up to 10 days into the future. The arrows point in the direction in which the wind is blowing.

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