Elliot Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.28° S 174.29° E

Elliot Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Elliot Bay sea temperature is
16.8° C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today (08 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 4AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (08 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
N
8
1.4
N
8
1.1
N
8
1.5
S
6
1.5
SSE
6
0.9
ESE
11
1.3
ESE
11
1.4
SE
10
0.9
ESE
10
1
E
10
0.9
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
1.8
SSE
6
1.6
ESE
7
2.1
SE
8
2.1
SE
8
2.2
SE
8
2.1
SE
8
2.3
SE
8
1.9
SE
9
1.8
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
392
253
153
144
158
194
382
437
191
208
180
222
222
222
218
246
279
477
489
589
515
772
586
596
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
Wind State
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-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
1:01AM2.00m
1:22PM1.88m
1:49AM2.00m
2:17PM1.90m
2:41AM2.00m
3:18PM1.94m
Low Tide
7:19PM0.52m
7:58AM0.46m
8:09PM0.56m
8:48AM0.45m
9:06PM0.58m
9:43AM0.43m
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:31
7:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:23
5:24
5:24
 mm
1
3
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
13
13
13
15
15
13
13
12
11
12
12
13
13
11
11
11
11
10
11
13
13
12
Feels °C
9
8
7
7
7
10
10
8
8
8
8
9
8
8
6
4
5
4
4
3
6
8
8
7
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