Elliot Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.28° S 174.29° E

Issued: 12 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Elliot Bay sea temperature is

16.8°C

Elliot Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 8PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	4s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	3s
Evening (31 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	4s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 31					Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 5	N 18	SSE 4	SSE 4	N 17	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	12	19	7	17	12	23	21	20	20	20	20	30	74	124	133	164	175	157	144	167	172
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	E	N	SSW	SSE	SSE	SE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on
High Tide		12:36PM2.23m				00:58AM2.08m					1:32PM2.17m				1:54AM2.02m				2:31PM2.11m
Low Tide					7:24PM0.36m				7:39AM0.25m				8:21PM0.40m				8:36AM0.33m				9:19PM0.43m


	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—
Temp °C	15	17	17	16	14	13	12	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	10	13	14	13	11	10	9	10	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 9	NE 9	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 15	N 15	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 13
kJ	10	5	5	3	3	6	6	8	3	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 16	SSE 4	N 16	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	3	3	3	6	6	23	21	1	20	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	2	5	5	5	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 6	NW 6	NW 6	NE 13	N 16	N 6	NE 13	SE 6	NE 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	N 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11
kJ	6	6	6	1	2	2	7	20	1	6	1	6	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 5	SSE 3	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SE 4	E 2	ENE 3	NE 3	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	12	19	7	17	12	5	2	1	1	1	3	30	74	124	133	164	175	157	144	167	172
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ruakaka Northland
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1
Distance (km)	105	105	105	105	105	105	105	93	93	93	143	143	93	93	93	143	143	93	93	93	72
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5

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