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Monthly sea level peak for April 2022
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 18th April for Waitemata harbour and 19th April for Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Apr 28, 20221 min read


Monthly sea level peak for March 2022
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 21st March for Waitemata harbour and 5th March for Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour...
Mar 31, 20221 min read


Monthly sea level peak for February 2022
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 3rd February for Waitemata harbour and 2nd February for Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Mar 1, 20221 min read


Monthly sea level peak for January 2022
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 5th January for Waitemata harbour and 4th January for Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Jan 31, 20221 min read


Major Volcanic eruption, shock waves and tsunami strikes NZ
Tonga volcano summary Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is a volcanic island located about 30 km south-southeast of Fonuafoʻou island in Tonga....
Jan 16, 20223 min read


King low tide at the perihelion exposes the Gulf
Earth will be closest to the Sun this year at 7:52pm NZT this evening. This distance is called the perihelion. As well as the moon, the...
Jan 4, 20221 min read


2021 comes to a close
It is time to say good-bye to 2021. We will finish the year with a fine, dry, and mild day across the upper North Island with no rain...
Dec 31, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for December 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 6th December for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour tidal gauge...
Dec 29, 20211 min read


Warm and dry November signals tropical risk in December
Marine temperatures in the shallows are now around 20 to 21c, with some beaches around Auckland’s harbours and the Firth of Thames at...
Nov 30, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for November 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 7th November for Waitemata harbour. Due to instrument issues, Great Barrier Island has had to...
Nov 30, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for October 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 7th October for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour tidal gauge...
Oct 31, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for September 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 10th September for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour tidal...
Sep 29, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for August 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 13th August for Waitemata harbour and 22nd August for Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata...
Sep 1, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for July 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 25th July for Waitemata harbour and 22nd July for Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour...
Jul 30, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for June 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 1st June for Waitemata harbour and 27th June for Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour...
Jun 30, 20211 min read


Intriguing bubbling air vent on Auckland's North Shore
Lowest tide of the lunar month today exposing an intriguing terrestrial air vent on Auckland's North Shore.
Jun 27, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for May 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 28th May 2021 for Waitemata harbour and 29th May Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour...
May 31, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for April 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred on 1st April 2021 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The Waitemata harbour tidal...
May 1, 20211 min read


Monthly sea level peak for March 2021
The lunar month’s highest tide occurred between 27th March and 1st April 2021 for Waitemata harbour and Great Barrier Island. The...
Apr 1, 20212 min read


Major earthquake sequence and small tsunamis
In modern times for New Zealand, today saw seismic activity extremes not recorded before since European settlement. 3 major offshore...
Mar 5, 20212 min read
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