The weather forecast is for a mainly fine day, with a chance of showers in the morning and afternoon, and westerlies.

It's a three-clothing layer day today with a high of 20 and an overnight low of 10 degrees.

High tide is at 10.50am and low tide is at 5pm. Sea temperature is 16 degrees. There's an average sea swell of about .5m and sunset tonight is at 7.37pm.

If you're going fishing today the best fish bite time is between 3.30 and 5.30pm.

This day in NZ history, in 1913 violence flared on Wellington wharves. Violent clashes between unionised waterside workers and non-union labour erupted two days after Wellington's ‘wharfies' held a stopwork meeting in support of striking shipwrights. The Great Strike of 1913 – a bitter two-month strike involving 16,000 unionists around the country – had begun.

In world history on this day, in 1836 the match was patented. In 1901 Annie Edson Taylor, 63, was the first woman to go safely over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She made the attempt for the cash award offered, which she put toward the loan on her Texas ranch.

In 1916 Henry Ford awarded equal pay to women. In 1945 on this day the United Nations came into existence with the ratification of its charter by the first 29 nations. In 2003 the supersonic Concorde jet made its last commercial passenger flight from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport to London's Heathrow Airport, traveling at twice the speed of sound. And in 2008 many stock exchanges worldwide suffered the steepest declines in their histories; the day became known as 'Bloody Friday.”

Our quote for today is from Roy T. Bennett who said 'Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others.”

Check out the activities happening around the Bay which are listed on our What's On page. Have a great day!