Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 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
16.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 10AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
ESE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
ESE
0.4
N
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)1616161616161515151412111111141413101313101399
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8212712512412111973706810381100959164595533535318521616
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
30
NNW
40
NW
30
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
30
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
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-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
1.97
8:06PM
2.02
8:36AM
2.01
8:48PM
2.02
9:17AM
2.03
9:27PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02AM
0.43
2:22PM
0.46
2:46AM
0.38
3:04PM
0.44
3:26AM
0.36
3:44PM
0.44
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:35-------6:33-------6:31------
Sunset-----7:40-------7:42-------7:42--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516171817161514141719191817161615182020201816
Feels °C (?)131314121312141312121413121314141413161515161615
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Elliot Bay (calm at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 35 km from Elliot Bay). 0.3m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.2m 9s swell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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35 km away, 44 min ago

2 km/h
ENE
0.0
16.3
Air / Water (°C)
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