Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 1PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.5
ENE
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.7
ESE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)777781111111111111111117777777676
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)916660623439598486121157154151151132131244210200193168120127108
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
W
5
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40AM
2.20
11:11PM
2.28
11:33AM
2.14
12:06AM
2.22
12:28PM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
0.25
5:21PM
0.11
5:56AM
0.31
6:14PM
0.19
6:53AM
0.37
7:09PM
0.29
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset----5:51-------5:50-------5:49---
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part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C131314171715131312121115151412121311111415141312
Feels °C (?)12121317171310999610101088966810998
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