Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 10AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)121111111111111414141414141313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7143414023232320414167666310198969387835656564627
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
20
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
2.04
6:58PM
2.01
7:20AM
2.13
7:49PM
2.13
8:09AM
2.20
8:39PM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
0.45
1:19PM
0.33
1:40AM
0.35
2:08PM
0.21
2:29AM
0.27
2:56PM
0.12
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise--6:47-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset----5:57-------5:55-------5:54---
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----1---------------1214
Temp. °C161517191817151514141517181817161618191919191919
Feels °C (?)131213161413131312121415151514141313141414141414
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