Houhora Harbour Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.83° S 173.17° E

Houhora Harbour Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Houhora Harbour Bar sea temperature is
16.0°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 (29 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Houhora Harbour Bar at 9PM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)--
Afternoon (29 Aug)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (29 Aug)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 65mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Sat
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
NNE
8
1.9
NNE
8
1.9
NNE
8
1.6
NE
8
1.4
NE
8
1.2
NE
8
1
NE
8
0.9
NE
9
0.8
NE
8
0.7
NE
8
0.7
NE
9
0.7
NE
9
0.7
NE
9
0.7
NE
9
0.6
NE
9
0.6
NE
10
0.6
NE
10
0.6
NE
9
0.6
NE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
372
443
481
338
279
196
139
126
102
71
83
83
83
81
67
74
74
70
70
Wind (km/h)
5
E
35
SSW
40
S
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:19PM2.11m
9:34AM2.03m
9:58PM2.14m
10:15AM2.06m
Low Tide
2:51PM0.36m
3:20AM0.36m
3:32PM0.32m
4:01AM0.30m
4:14PM0.31m
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:06
6:07
 mm
7
30
21
6
1
Temp °C
16
14
13
12
13
13
14
15
15
14
14
14
14
15
14
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
17
9
6
4
6
5
7
8
8
7
8
8
9
11
9
10
10
9
9
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