Houhora Harbour Bar surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
20.9° 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 5AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
1.5
N
1.9
N
1.7
NNW
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
Period(s) (?)888888877777777756677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)367304266211178133129126937371614755543511126625319821212711192
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
5
S
0
NE
5
N
5
WSW
5
E
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
N
30
N
35
NNW
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
1.98
5:11PM
1.90
5:53AM
1.99
6:18PM
1.91
6:53AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14PM
0.45
10:57AM
0.54
11:19PM
0.48
12:00PM
0.52
12:23AM
0.46
12:59PM
0.47
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----7:35-------7:35-------7:37---
Sunset-------7:28-------7:27-------7:25
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------31163-----
Temp. °C201918181920212120201919202121222120202020212019
Feels °C (?)222119192021222221212020212122211917191918181716
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