Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 25 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
21.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 7PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 25). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (25 Jan)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (25 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)161615151212151616121212111111111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20454038457172787999989610210097959393916664424158
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
20
NNW
15
NNW
0
ENE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
2.09
1:42AM
1.98
2:07PM
2.06
2:34AM
1.97
2:59PM
2.03
3:33AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
0.41
8:11PM
0.36
8:25AM
0.46
9:00PM
0.36
9:20AM
0.51
9:54PM
0.38
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:35-------6:35
Sunset---8:36-------8:35-------8:34----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181921201816161618212221171616161919202019171717
Feels °C (?)131417171613131416181918151515151816182118161616
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