Houhora Harbour Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.83° S 173.17° E

Issued: 11 am 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Houhora Harbour Bar sea temperature is

15.9° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Houhora Harbour Bar today (13 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Houhora Harbour Bar at 4PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 13). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s
Afternoon (13 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s
Evening (13 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 13					Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thu 16
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM
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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	NE 11	NE 11	N 5	NW 6	NNE 5	NNW 6	NW 6	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	NNE 4	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11
Wave Graph
kJ	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	59	19	14	14	9	8	4	7	4	4	11	9	9	12	9
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	N	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide	6:22AM2.09m				7:05PM2.21m				7:28AM2.16m				8:07PM2.31m				8:29AM2.23m					9:05PM2.38m
Low Tide			12:39PM0.31m				1:17AM0.45m				1:39PM0.25m				2:16AM0.38m				2:36PM0.20m					3:12AM0.33m


	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31
	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:34	—	—	—	—	5:34
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Feels °C	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	NNW 5	NE 10	N 4	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	4	2	2	1	6	6	7	2	2	59	15	14	10	8	8	4	7	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 4	E 4	—	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NNW 5	NE 10	NE 10	E 12	NE 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11
kJ	6	6	6	6	1	2	—	5	5	5	19	13	14	9	5	3	4	4	3	4	9	9	9	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 5	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 10	E 10	NNW 6	NW 6	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NW 6	E 10	E 10	—	E 12	NW 5	NW 5	NW 17	W 17
kJ	3	5	5	5	1	5	5	5	2	2	6	6	4	4	4	1	2	2	—	11	1	1	12	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 3	N 3	N 3	N 3	N 4	NNW 4	N 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 4	N 4	—	NNE 4	N 4	NNW 4	NNW 4
kJ	1	3	5	6	13	29	43	64	72	97	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	—	2	1	5	11
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	O'Neills Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ngataki Beach and Paxton Point Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Scott Point Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	The Box Northland
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5
Distance (km)	24	143	255	143	52	143	143	143	143	15	23	33	24	24	24	24	29	29	52	29	29	29	29	41
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	The Box	Baylys Beach		Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Waipu River	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Te Paki	Te Paki	Te Paki	Te Paki	Te Paki	Te Paki	Scott Point	Scott Point	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box
Rating (10 max)	4	3		3	2	2	3	3	4	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shag Rock Auckland	Piha North Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	The Box Northland
Rating (10 max)	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	1	5	5	6	6	6	6	8	7	6	6	5	5	5
Header Global	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Cobblestones Australia	Bancoora Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Point Roadnight Australia	Shingles New Zealand	Fox River New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Cathedral Rock Australia	Antiques Maldives	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Tessellated Pavements Australia	Asu Indonesia	Shingles New Zealand	Tessellated Pavements Australia
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	8	7	7	6	8	6	6	6	8	4	4	4	6	4	5	5

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