Houhora Harbour Bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 12 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.2°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 1AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (13 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (13 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
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
Period(s) (?)12121211111110101010109151414141413131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1290614422331259245222180173169159901107010610396176173125123828047
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
10
N
20
NNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19PM
1.68
4:13AM
1.79
4:25PM
1.71
5:12AM
1.85
5:32PM
1.79
6:06AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
0.68
10:29AM
0.67
10:47PM
0.63
11:25AM
0.58
11:45PM
0.55
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-
Sunset-6:07-------6:06-------6:05------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------17-----211111----
Temp. °C201918181819202117181818181818191818171718171818
Feels °C (?)161616171717181817161717161615161414111111111213
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