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Houhora Harbour Bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 23 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
21.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Houhora Harbour Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Houhora Harbour Bar at 8AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
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 (?)
1.2
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
1
N
1
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
NNE
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)11111110101010109912111212111111108911151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3264593822642021981221208763474978774840462819169182138
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
30
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55PM
2.01
12:23PM
2.13
12:38AM
2.01
1:04PM
2.12
1:22AM
1.99
1:47PM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
0.36
6:32PM
0.39
6:40AM
0.38
7:15PM
0.37
7:25AM
0.41
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset-------8:39-------8:39-------8:38
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----1-----11-11-
Temp. °C202019192021212019181717171918181818171819202019
Feels °C (?)191918171818171514111010101110121213121413151614
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