It's a one-clothing layer day today with a high of 20 and an overnight low of 15 degrees.

Low tide is at 1.30pm and high tide is at 7.40pm. Sea temperature is 16 degrees. There's an average sea swell of about .6m and sunset tonight is at 7.48pm.

If you're going fishing today the best fish bite time is between 12 noon and 2pm.

This day in NZ history in 1918 the New Zealand Division captured the French town of Le Quesnoy which had a garrison of German soldiers stationed there. In 1930 on this day Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cup.

In world history on this day in 1854 Florence Nightingale and her nurses arrived in the Crimea. In 1922 the entrance to King Tut's tomb was discovered.

Our quote for today is from Lemony Snicket, who wrote "If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives,"

Please check out our What's On page as there are plenty of activities there to get involved with.

Have a great day!