The surge

We were surprised to see a big surge in the Manukau Harbour today as a result of the huge lot of volcanic activity near Tonga. Hoping everyone is ok there. We also heard a sonic boom yesterday evening while we were sitting outside while camping. The boom was from the volcanic activity at Tonga, 2,300 km away.

[Brigette]

Gosh that is very noticeable

[Peter]

Amazing comparison images Dianne TV news was full of images and fortunately some damages but no fatalities:)

[Ethel]

Great to hear and see what I have been reading about in the news

[Susie]

Wow, scary times. Hope everyone stays safe. Interesting record of the event

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, sounds a little scary! Thanks for the images and the interesting narrative of the event.

[Korcsog Károly]

The satellite recording was shocking! It is good that they were able to signal in advance to the people living on the island!

[kali]

incredible, i was gobsmacked by the fact it was heard in NZ 2 hours later! the satellite timelapses are amazing too as Korcsog says

[Christina]

Wow great comparison shots. I know the hokianga also had surges despite being on the west coast. All the beaches in the bream bay area were closed.

[Pat Knowles]

I am surprised to hear you have felt it on the west coast…must have been quite a sight! Awful for Tonga,I hope things aren’t as bad as they suspect.

[Jane Pittenger]

We had tsunami alerts set off and some huge waves