Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 08 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.1°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 9AM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (08 Apr)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
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4
3
3
3
3
3
!
!
!
!
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
1.6
N
1.6
N
1.6
N
1.6
N
1.8
N
2
N
2.1
N
2.1
N
2.1
N
2.2
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.9
NNE
2.2
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
4
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999914141414161616151516151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84085980380373410599889881045154520022203206519632224172614391187137613421684204527444864
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
N
10
NNE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:36AM
1.84
12:07AM
1.87
12:15PM
1.78
12:51AM
1.81
1:00PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:10AM
0.60
6:23PM
0.55
6:56AM
0.67
7:08PM
0.61
7:47AM
0.72
7:59PM
0.67
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise--6:39-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:06-------6:05--
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C201919212121191817171719201919181818192020191919
Feels °C (?)212020222123191816161619191919181817171717161514
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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