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Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 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
21.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 12AM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
!
!
!
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.4
ESE
2.3
E
2.5
E
2.2
E
2.5
N
3
N
3
N
2.5
N
2.4
N
2.3
N
2.3
N
1.7
N
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)99998899897889991011999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)152614949557986985892937879487087881319136110338968801004682157155129126129102
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
10
NE
5
NW
0
N
10
NE
15
NE
25
ENE
30
E
35
N
35
NNW
35
N
40
NNW
25
NW
15
W
15
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
1.98
10:36AM
2.12
10:46PM
2.00
11:16AM
2.14
11:28PM
2.01
11:56AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33PM
0.53
4:44AM
0.39
5:17PM
0.47
5:25AM
0.36
6:00PM
0.42
6:07AM
0.36
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:30-------6:31--
Sunset-8:37-------8:37-------8:37------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
111111128253421115-----------
Temp. °C212121212121212122222323222222252523201918182123
Feels °C (?)202324242322211920192120222322232222201817161921
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