Houhora Harbour Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.83° S 173.17° E

Houhora Harbour Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Houhora Harbour Bar sea temperature is
15.9°C
0.6° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Houhora Harbour Bar at 8AM is: 0.1m 18s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun night, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Sun night, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
2.2
NNW
7
1.9
NNW
7
2.1
NW
8
1.2
N
8
1.2
N
8
1.1
N
8
1
N
8
1
NNW
8
0.8
NNW
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.4
NNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9
9
12
8
8
8
8
12
12
411
369
543
181
177
161
134
133
79
55
39
25
24
15
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
30
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
35
W
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:35AM1.94m
3:16PM1.96m
3:40AM1.92m
4:26PM1.98m
4:51AM1.93m
5:35PM2.04m
Low Tide
8:51AM0.43m
9:32PM0.57m
9:56AM0.46m
10:40PM0.56m
11:04AM0.45m
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clear
clear
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light rain
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rain showers
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part cloud
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cloud
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:10
6:12
6:13
 mm
4
3
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
13
14
16
16
16
16
16
17
16
16
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
14
14
12
Feels °C
12
10
11
12
12
13
13
12
12
9
11
12
10
9
8
8
6
7
8
8
10
11
10
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