Elliot Bay surf break

Elliot Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 05 Sep 2025 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
15.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Elliot Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Elliot Bay at 7PM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Evening (05 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
1.3
N
0.1
SE
0.2
ESE
1.5
N
1.2
N
1
N
0.9
N
1
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1
N
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.6
N
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)131313136131377778888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)9991213292323114913513320029428220220216088747575788068
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
35
NW
35
NW
25
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
1.89
6:04AM
1.85
6:44PM
2.00
7:00AM
1.95
7:33PM
2.11
7:51AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:35AM
0.64
12:55PM
0.50
1:27AM
0.51
1:45PM
0.38
2:16AM
0.38
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise------6:35-------6:33-------6:33-
Sunset-6:06-------6:07-------6:07------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----4952---------------
Temp. °C151515161514141410121111101112151513111111111213
Feels °C (?)111212131198103556657898777778
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Elliot Bay (light winds from the N at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 35 km from Elliot Bay). 0.2m 9s swell from the NE with a 0.2m 8s swell from the SE and a 0.1m 13s groundswell from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13 km/h
N
0.0
15.7
Air / Water (°C)
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