Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Elliot Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Elliot Bay sea temperature is
21.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 3PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (28 Feb)6ft (1.8m)8s

Table - waves today at Elliot Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
1.7
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
N
0.9
N
1.3
NE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)1071078888877777777781613101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10037652974195475335454713582772201289110293796887396268315327263
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
1.95
6:43AM
2.06
7:08PM
2.01
7:42AM
2.13
8:06PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26PM
0.56
12:50AM
0.45
1:30PM
0.52
1:52AM
0.40
2:27PM
0.45
2:46AM
0.35
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise--------7:07-------7:09-------
Sunset---8:01-------8:00-------8:00----
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---332221111------------
Temp. °C192120201919191920202020181716171820201815141312
Feels °C (?)18201817161616161717181817161415151614129876
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