Great Exhibition Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 02 Jul 2025 NZST
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Great Exhibition Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Great Exhibition Bay sea temperature is
16.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Great Exhibition Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Great Exhibition Bay at 12PM is: 2.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 02). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (02 Jul)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Evening (02 Jul)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
1.1
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.1
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
4
NE
3.5
NNE
4
NNE
4.5
NNE
4
NNE
4
NNE
3.5
NNE
3
N
3
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.4
N
2.5
N
2.4
N
2.3
N
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
ENE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
E
1.4
E
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
NE
Period(s) (?)111111677889991010101010101010109999121288111010999999999991099955666666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)324524745303482754100814892187211423523671374736182811207822411560144613781124109211199521267112147841346043633219918916213811489917575767981788017793133214272283283350373341305279290246244
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
35
NE
40
NE
45
NE
40
NNE
45
NNE
45
NNE
40
NNE
35
N
25
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
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
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
1.97
12:58PM
1.75
1:18AM
1.88
1:50PM
1.70
2:05AM
1.79
2:44PM
1.66
2:54AM
1.73
3:39PM
1.66
3:45AM
1.68
4:33PM
1.68
4:37AM
1.67
5:26PM
1.72
5:29AM
1.68
6:16PM
1.77
6:19AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
0.37
7:01PM
0.44
7:40AM
0.41
7:51PM
0.54
8:28AM
0.45
8:44PM
0.61
9:18AM
0.47
9:39PM
0.66
10:09AM
0.47
10:35PM
0.67
11:00AM
0.45
11:30PM
0.65
11:50AM
0.42
12:21AM
0.61
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Sunrise--7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:35-------7:33-------7:33-
Sunset----5:28-------5:28-------5:29-------5:29-------5:30-------5:30-------5:30-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516171717171717171817191718181818181818171718171616171615151515151515151414141514131415151515151515151515151515151515
Feels °C (?)11111111121111101111121115141816161615141514141313131313111011111111111010101012131311121312111111101010109999101010
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