Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.83° S 173.17° E

Houhora Harbour Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Houhora Harbour Bar sea temperature is
16.6°C
0.8° 

Houhora Harbour Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Houhora Harbour Bar today (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Houhora Harbour Bar at 8AM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Afternoon (15 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (15 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

Table - waves today at Houhora Harbour Bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed night, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Thu night, light winds from the SSW by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
10
0.5
NE
10
0.5
NE
10
2
NNW
7
1.2
N
7
1
N
7
0.9
N
7
0.7
N
6
0.4
NE
10
0.7
NNW
7
0.7
NNW
6
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
10
0.4
NE
9
0.3
NE
9
0.3
NE
9
0.3
NE
10
0.3
NE
10
0.8
ESE
5
0.8
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
46
46
349
131
92
72
41
23
38
33
24
24
23
23
14
14
14
15
33
72
44
60
36
Wind (km/h)
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
20
WNW
25
WSW
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
15
ESE
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:42PM2.01m
12:11PM2.05m
00:19AM1.94m
12:49PM1.98m
00:56AM1.86m
1:28PM1.90m
Low Tide
5:42AM0.37m
6:06PM0.51m
6:20AM0.45m
6:49PM0.58m
7:00AM0.53m
7:35PM0.65m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
6:46
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:45
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:43
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:39
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:40
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:42
—
 mm
—
—
1
4
1
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
17
17
18
15
14
14
15
14
14
14
14
13
15
14
13
12
13
12
11
12
14
14
14
13
Feels °C
14
13
13
12
9
8
8
7
6
6
7
6
7
7
7
6
7
7
6
6
10
11
10
9
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Houhora Harbour Bar surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest