Houhora Harbour Bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than 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 9AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
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 (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
N
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)151414141413131313131312121212121212121111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1101061061039617617312512382804745252525251110109988
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
25
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
W
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
1.85
5:32PM
1.79
6:06AM
1.94
6:32PM
1.89
6:57AM
2.04
7:25PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
0.58
11:45PM
0.55
12:18PM
0.46
12:38AM
0.45
1:08PM
0.33
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise--6:48-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----6:05-------6:02-------6:01--
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--2221-1-----------11---
Temp. °C181718181818181717181819191818181818191818171717
Feels °C (?)171515141415141111111214141314141414161513131314
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