Elliot Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.28° S 174.29° E

Issued: 12 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Elliot Bay sea temperature is

16.4°C

Elliot Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 6PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun night).
	Fri 6					Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	N 13
Wave Graph
kJ	145	98	80	75	71	71	78	70	150	139	102	171	225	178	128	89	71	69	70	66	51	62	61	85
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	ENE	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	glassy
High Tide				6:22PM2.04m				6:58AM2.00m					7:13PM2.04m				7:48AM2.05m				8:01PM2.04m
Low Tide		12:37PM0.47m					1:07AM0.37m				1:31PM0.46m				1:57AM0.34m				2:21PM0.44m				2:43AM0.32m


	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—
	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:59	—	—	—	8:00
mm	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	5	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Temp °C	18	20	19	19	18	18	17	18	17	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	18
Feels °C	18	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	16	13	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	16	17	17	17	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	145	98	80	75	71	71	78	58	38	38	102	171	225	178	107	89	71	62	70	61	51	59	61	62
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 16	N 15	N 15	N 15	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 15	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6
kJ	8	20	18	17	17	2	2	17	38	43	20	20	20	20	48	45	70	65	66	66	36	18	18	16
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 16	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 15	N 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 14	N 13	NE 12	N 13	N 13	N 14	N 14	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 15	N 14	N 13	N 13
kJ	5	8	8	2	2	4	4	3	6	6	15	14	5	13	32	63	65	11	11	11	38	62	55	85
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNW 6	NNW 5	NW 7	NW 7	N 7	—	—	N 7	N 6	N 6	—	—	—	N 6
kJ	39	38	36	40	54	58	56	70	150	139	55	37	2	2	128	—	—	69	50	48	—	—	—	33
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	23	43	43	0	0	0	0	93	43	422	198	45	31	19	0	0	0	82	82	31	0	23	31	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Te Paki	Fairway Reef			Forestry	Daniels Reef	Daniels Reef	Takou Bay	Fairway Reef	Elliot Bay	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay	Taronui Bay-Bombora	The Box	Fairway Reef
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1			2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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