Houghton Bay surf break

Houghton Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Houghton Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Houghton Bay sea temperature is
15.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Houghton Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Houghton Bay at 12AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

Table - waves today at Houghton Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2.2
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1.9
SSE
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)77787771413131211101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3894309401190787501352308355402347235206158242208212254121218138136104106
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
35
SSE
45
S
45
S
40
S
30
SSE
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
30
N
35
N
40
N
40
N
30
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07PM
1.58
7:28AM
1.69
8:02PM
1.58
8:24AM
1.65
8:56PM
1.59
9:19AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
0.49
1:57PM
0.57
2:10AM
0.52
2:50PM
0.59
3:06AM
0.56
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:30-------6:31--
Sunset-8:39-------8:38-------8:37------
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
41942-------------------
Temp. °C141413131314151515151313121215171817151516161719
Feels °C (?)995468910111211121110141514131099101214
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