Houghton Bay surf break

Houghton Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 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
14.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Houghton Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Houghton Bay at 4AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (05 Nov)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (05 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)9991414141413121211111110101010101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2825173896192467521453341300235227218204204162159156156149109106104
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
20
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
35
N
40
N
45
N
45
NNW
45
N
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
25
NW
5
SSW
0
N
15
NNW
30
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
onglassoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:40AM
1.70
5:15PM
1.70
5:39AM
1.77
6:16PM
1.72
6:38AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:23PM
0.64
10:55AM
0.59
11:28PM
0.63
12:01PM
0.57
12:31AM
0.61
1:07PM
0.55
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise---6:03-------6:01-------6:01----
Sunset-------8:05-------8:07-------8:07
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121212111315151514141414151616151515151314151615
Feels °C (?)679910109976668997910121215131110
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