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Great Exhibition Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 15 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
21.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Great Exhibition Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Great Exhibition Bay at 1AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
ESE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)13121212888999919191818181818171717171717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)56504848302932282828257472113108107162156149144142202142142
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05PM
1.60
6:45AM
1.77
6:59PM
1.70
7:31AM
1.88
7:47PM
1.81
8:12AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:20AM
0.49
12:58PM
0.56
1:11AM
0.40
1:45PM
0.42
1:57AM
0.30
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise------7:26-------7:26-------7:28-
Sunset-7:46-------7:45-------7:44------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181718181920191818171617181919181717161719
Feels °C (?)141415161516161717161616161416161818171616151617
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