Photo / Mark SudfeltLarge swells hammering the Hawke's Bay coast are, finally, set to drop away. According to MetService meteorologist Lewis Ferris, easterly swells reached four metres across the region on Thursday. "The swells will remain around the 4m mark, but as we get into the weekend it will drop to 2m." On Wednesday, swells at Napier Port were at 2m, with swells of up to 3.5m in deeper water. "It's not until the second half of Saturday that the main front passes over, with some breezy northerly winds and some wet weather expected," Ferris said.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 27, 2021 03:33 UTC