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Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 29 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
20.6° 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 3AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1
N
Period(s) (?)101010101010101012121212121212111111111211111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4241404030293029497377144152147183164254268287314287277257200
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
N
5
SW
10
S
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
E
20
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrossonononglassglasscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
2.00
5:01PM
2.00
5:49AM
2.04
6:10PM
2.02
6:56AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53PM
0.40
11:29AM
0.58
11:58PM
0.41
12:38PM
0.56
1:04AM
0.40
1:44PM
0.52
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:39----
Sunset-------8:32-------8:31-------8:31
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019192021212120181716182020201918171719202021
Feels °C (?)202120202121202221181715171818192019171720212121
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