Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 22 Mar 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
20.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 2PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.4
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
E
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)13131312129912141256667777777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12385817878547857674693134116170241325379355411474558555691696
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
onononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
2.22
11:36PM
2.21
11:57AM
2.18
12:24AM
2.19
12:46PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27AM
0.23
5:54PM
0.12
6:15AM
0.26
6:40PM
0.15
7:07AM
0.32
7:29PM
0.21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise--7:26-------7:26-------7:28-----
Sunset-----7:31-------7:30-------7:29--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------11------------1
Temp. °C181719202020191919192020201918181919191920202019
Feels °C (?)181619181819192020181817171513131414141415161614
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