Southerly 20/30 knots, reaching up to 35 knots in the late morning and early afternoon. Winds decreasing to 15/20 knots in the late evening. Seas: 2/4 metres, decreasing to 2/3 metres during the afternoon. Swell: Southerly 1.5/2 metres. Outlook Saturday: Southerly 15/20 knots tending southwesterly 10/15 knots before dawn then turning south to southeasterly in the afternoon. Seas: 1/2 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning. Swell: East to southeasterly 1/1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5/2.5 metres about Banks Strait. Outlook Sunday: South to southeasterly 10/15 knots becoming variable below 10 knots during the morning then becoming west to northwesterly 10/15 knots during the day. Seas: Below 1 metre. Swell: East to southeasterly 1/2 metres, decreasing to 1/1.5 metres during the morning.

Issued Fri 10:00