Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 30 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
21.3° C
(Which is 1.3°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 1PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.8
S
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.2
E
2.2
E
Period(s) (?)12121211111111111111111010610101010888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34729426020416015710710578766443413925383332217646763748666666
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crossononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26AM
2.03
6:53PM
1.96
7:20AM
2.08
7:48PM
2.03
8:09AM
2.12
8:37PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10PM
0.47
1:32AM
0.43
2:04PM
0.41
2:24AM
0.39
2:52PM
0.34
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise--7:33-------7:33-------7:33-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:20-------7:17--
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
21-----------------21---
Temp. °C202019222321191918171720201715171717171919191818
Feels °C (?)172018192020181816141316161413151516171515151314
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