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Houhora Harbour Bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
21.3° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 12PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
2.2
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
3.5
E
Period(s) (?)910101099999978999888899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11415420823018323019919719314252990310099559348668467797989861113137316041876
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
E
5
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
E
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
50
E
50
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
1.91
8:18PM
1.83
9:01AM
1.97
9:04PM
1.89
9:43AM
2.03
9:48PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.60
2:07PM
0.72
2:23AM
0.55
2:53PM
0.66
3:08AM
0.49
3:38PM
0.59
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-6:30-------6:31-------6:31------
Sunset-----8:43-------8:42-------8:42--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------11----2371815311
Temp. °C181719212121201918191919191918191818191818181919
Feels °C (?)171719222221201917161413141312131313141211111212
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