NIWA principal scientist Chris Brandolino told The AM Show big waves will remain on the east coast for a few days longer and residents need to be careful.
He said most of the wild weather will be confined to the Hawke s Bay and Gisborne regions. The king tide is coming up - so I think Tuesday and Wednesday - those are the days where I think we ll find this co-occurrence of the highest waves and the highest tides.
These waves are being caused by a weather bomb hundreds of kilometres north and east of New Zealand, Brandolino said. You ve got to remember as a rule of thumb - big wind equals big waves and that s what we ve been seeing off the east coast.
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