Houhora Harbour Bar Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.83° S 173.17° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Houhora Harbour Bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST

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

Today's Houhora Harbour Bar sea temperature is 15.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Houhora Harbour Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Houhora Harbour Bar at 2AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s
Evening (17 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s

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

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		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	15	15	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	61	27	20	12	12	7	6	4
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				3:38AM 1.89				4:23PM 1.95				4:45AM 1.87				5:27PM 1.96				5:51AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		9:26PM 0.57				9:47AM 0.50				10:31PM 0.59				10:53AM 0.52				11:33PM 0.57				11:55AM 0.50

		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Feels °C (?)	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	11	11	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Houhora Harbour Bar (calm at Tokerau Beach wx 20 km from Houhora Harbour Bar). 0.5m 11s groundswell from the NE with a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the NW and a 0.1m 12s groundswell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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