Houhora Harbour Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.83° S 173.17° E

Issued: 5 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Houhora Harbour Bar sea temperature is

15.7° 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 (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Houhora Harbour Bar at 11AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	13s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	13s
Evening (28 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the NW by Thu night).
	Tuesday 28							Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	N 6	N 6
Wave Graph
kJ	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	33	32	31	31	55	55	54	53	52	49	48	47	45	60	62
Wind (km/h)	S	SSW	SSE	SSW	SSW	SW	S	SE	ESE	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:08AM1.81m				7:49PM1.95m				7:54AM1.86m				8:31PM2.00m				8:36AM1.91m
Low Tide	00:54AM0.73m				1:11PM0.59m				1:40AM0.68m				1:55PM0.53m				2:24AM0.62m				2:36PM0.46m


	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	12	13	14	15	13	13	12	12	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	15
Feels °C	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	10	9	8	9	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	12	10	11	11	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	NE 4	NE 4	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12
kJ	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	33	32	31	31	55	55	54	53	15	9	48	47	45	44	44
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 13	E 12	E 7	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12
kJ	7	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	52	49	1	6	6	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	—	—	—	E 13	E 13	E 13	—	NE 9	NE 9	NE 12	N 9	N 9	W 18	W 18
kJ	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	3	3	3	—	3	3	6	2	2	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	—	—	—	—	SW 3	SSW 2	—	—	ESE 3	E 3	ENE 3	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	—	—	NNE 4	N 4	N 5	N 6	N 6
kJ	1	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	1	1	2	4	6	11	14	—	—	7	10	27	60	62
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	20	20	33	20	20	20	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	14	24	23	0	20	20	141	141	141	141
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	4	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	4	4	1	2	1	2	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	5	5	9	6	9	5	5	5	6	4	8	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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