The newly completed wharf at Paihia was partially carried away.

All shipping was suspended.

The tides were exceptionally high, coming right over the esplanade at Russell and up to the sleepers on the Opua railway line. The railway breastwork at Opua was damaged at several points.

An exceptionally high tide flooded the low-lying parts of the town.

The concrete breastwork was battered to pieces, great slabs of concrete was scattered for some distance across the beach.

Several fences were destroyed, and is some cases water invaded the grounds of houses near the beach, leaving seaweed and wreckage in its wake.

Five macrocarpa trees were uprooted and hurled across the concrete retaining wall, breaking it in several places.

Strongly built concrete walls were crumpled and smashed by the waves.

The waves smashed concrete and iron fences and washed away portions of gardens well above ordinary high water mark. Parts of sections were washed away.

One house was almost completely undermined, leaving the front of the cottage standing 6-8 ft (1.8-2.4 m) in the air. A large boat shed was partially undermined and wrecked.

There was considerable damage to part of the road nearest the beach.

On the south-western side of Kohimarama Wharf a retaining wall was damaged and a portion of the church property was washed away.

The water supply was cut off to some properties after damage was done to the water pipes.

At Milford the heavy seas smashed retaining walls and fences, and by undermining the foundations endangered a few houses.

Bathing sheds on Milford Beach suffered and one building was damaged beyond repair.

A serious displacement of sand took place along almost the whole length of Milford.

The dressing shed at Sulphur Beach was driven in by the waves and one of the houses was flooded to a depth of several inches. The yards of other residences were flooded.

A yacht dragged her moorings and came ashore while a 16 ft (4.9 m) open boat broke adrift and was smashed.

On the north-eastern side of the wharf a large amount of damage was done to several whares.

On all beaches wreckage and the flotsam and jetsam of the harbour were piled in desolate heaps, and in many instances serious damage was done to buildings, which were either smashed or undermined.

The storm took its toll on the fleets of small craft moored in the various bays, some being driven ashore and broken, and others being swamped. A yacht had her jib-boom snapped, a launch was driven ashore in Mechanics' Bay and smashed to pieces. She was valued at £200 ($20,800 2010 dollars). Small sailing craft were smashed against the breastwork. A number of dingies were lost or broken.

The wall of the reclamation works at Mechanics' Bay suffered some structural damage.

Shipping services were considerably delayed by the storm.

There were record high tides on the morning and night of the 14th. The Harbour Board's gauge reading showed a height of 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) above low water spring tide on the night of the 14th.

From the wharves to Judge's Bay the waves rolled into the bay with terrific force. Three boat sheds built on high piles were completely demolished and many others damaged.

Along Quay Street extension works, the water dashed over the stone wall and onto the road way.

On the waterfront at Ponsonby a number of boating sheds sustained minor damage and some of the small boats were battered. The fencing was stripped in places from the Shelly Beach Baths.

A ferry boat collided with some concrete piles and was damaged.

A yacht broke from her moorings and was damaged.

The retaining wall protecting the road was the sea was damaged.

A small cottage at the foot of Minnehaha Avenue was completely demolished by the sea. Another residence was inundated.

Many of the stone retaining walls fronting sections abutting on to the Takapuna Beach were undermined, while a number of fences were wrecked.

The old Takapuna Wharf was destroyed.

High water was 1.86 m and 1.82 m above the Tararu MSL datum on the 14th.

Due to the unusually high tides at Thames the railway embankment and park were temporarily under water.

The sea covered parts of the road between Opotiki and Ohiwa, washing up logs which were obstructing traffic. Several yards of the right bank of the Ohiwa Harbour, used for traffic to the wharf, were washed away.

There were abnormally heavy tides and high seas at Whakatane which threatened the destruction of the harbour entrance improvement plant.