Surf Forecast Surf Report
Houghton Bay surf break

Houghton Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 01 May 2025 NZST
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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
15.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 10PM is: 7.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)--
Afternoon (01 May)25ft (7.5m)12s
Evening (01 May)23ft (7.0m)12s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
7.5
SSW
7.5
S
7
S
6.5
S
6.5
S
6
S
5.5
S
5.5
S
5.5
S
5
S
5
S
4.5
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.5
S
1.1
SE
1.5
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212121212111111111111111110101010989998888151413121212111111101010991213999181716161615151615151515171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)150791493813271117891049681377047642769216320552842072807187012889517565393092053517877166976233371363101692873569959646738931929624019696908993493428253051504846454822212121595183
Wind
(km/h)
75
SSW
70
SSW
65
SSW
65
SSW
60
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
30
S
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
SW
10
SSW
20
SSE
10
SSW
25
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NNE
10
N
20
N
30
N
35
N
40
N
40
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
45
NNW
50
NNW
50
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06PM
1.89
8:44AM
1.73
9:02PM
1.86
9:38AM
1.70
9:59PM
1.80
10:30AM
1.66
10:54PM
1.74
11:21AM
1.62
11:47PM
1.68
12:12PM
1.57
12:38AM
1.63
1:04PM
1.54
1:26AM
1.58
1:55PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:57PM
0.54
2:41AM
0.49
2:53PM
0.52
3:36AM
0.49
3:48PM
0.52
4:29AM
0.49
4:42PM
0.52
5:19AM
0.51
5:34PM
0.55
6:07AM
0.54
6:25PM
0.58
6:52AM
0.59
7:15PM
0.63
7:35AM
0.65
8:05PM
0.68
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
Sunrise------7:07-------7:09-------7:09-------7:11-------7:11-------7:13-------7:13-----
Sunset5:27-------5:25-------5:24-------5:23-------5:22-------5:21-------5:20-------5:19---
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Rain (mm)
64115221--------------11-------------------------------------
Temp. °C10101010111111111112121212121213141313131313121212121111111010111211101010910131414141415141415151515151515151616161616
Feels °C (?)-5-4-3-3-100002245791012109118656688101099101110986336767687666777778911121414
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