Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 12 Feb 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 normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 12PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (12 Feb)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (12 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
1.6
E
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.6
N
0.6
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)161616677777777713137713131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1272461811963083463583943763332331681231231211108883807472464545
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
NNE
20
N
25
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
W
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
1.75
4:20PM
1.73
5:27AM
1.75
5:21PM
1.71
6:25AM
1.79
6:24PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55AM
0.81
11:18PM
0.71
11:56AM
0.82
12:17AM
0.70
12:55PM
0.79
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:54------
Sunset-----8:21-------8:20-------8:19--
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-1221-13228233-431-----
Temp. °C212122212121212122222222222123222120212122191717
Feels °C (?)201920191919202023242221232224232321201818141313
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