Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
20.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 10AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)111012121212121212121211111111111111111055610
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2141511752174264264193533472942602041601571071057876444341462919
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
NW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
SE
30
NNW
30
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
1.99
5:51PM
1.91
6:26AM
2.03
6:53PM
1.96
7:20AM
2.08
7:48PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11PM
0.52
12:34AM
0.46
1:10PM
0.47
1:32AM
0.43
2:04PM
0.41
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise--7:31-------7:33-------7:33-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:21-------7:20--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819202120182021191922232219191817171919161516
Feels °C (?)192021212020181719191820212219181613141514121213
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