A poor outlook with average winds when the swell finally comes up. Maybe head to the cricket instead.

The slowed movement and enlargement of the wind field as it approaches the North Island are on track to deliver more powerful long period E-E/SE swell, right on the edge of the Southern CQ swell window.

The low (Ex TC Cody) is drifting slowly south-southeastwards towards the North Island with an extensive swath of storm force (50knot) winds along the south-western flank. These storm forces winds are embedded in an expansive gale force wind field.

TC Cody is the main game in town and the system has now undergone extra-tropical transition and is classified as a storm force sub-tropical low.