Elliot Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.28° S 174.29° E

Elliot Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Elliot Bay sea temperature is
16.4°C
0.5° 

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 (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 5PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (21 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (21 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.5
NE
12
0.5
NE
12
0.5
NE
12
0.5
NE
12
0.5
NE
11
0.5
NE
11
0.5
NE
11
0.5
NE
11
0.4
NE
11
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
27
25
27
73
72
71
68
63
59
58
58
29
27
27
26
25
25
9
9
9
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
20
N
20
NNW
5
WNW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
SW
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:30PM1.78m
4:41AM1.69m
5:26PM1.82m
5:46AM1.74m
6:18PM1.89m
Low Tide
10:37AM0.70m
11:20PM0.68m
11:36AM0.66m
00:14AM0.61m
12:33PM0.60m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
13
15
15
15
13
12
11
10
13
15
15
16
12
12
10
11
13
15
15
15
14
Feels °C
12
12
13
14
11
9
8
7
11
11
12
15
9
10
8
9
11
12
13
14
13
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