Houghton Bay surf break

Houghton Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 14 Sep 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
12.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Houghton Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Houghton Bay at 5PM is: 4.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 3.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (14 Sep)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (14 Sep)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
6
0
0
0
4
4
3
2
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
1.4
SSE
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)121111111111101099999988131314131313911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)291523393511270119241509976696333383383281235185143921731351451411351314540
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
5
SE
10
NNE
25
NNW
30
N
25
N
30
NNW
20
N
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
30
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:06AM
1.80
10:41PM
1.69
11:01AM
1.80
11:33PM
1.66
11:57AM
1.77
12:26AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:38PM
0.48
4:56AM
0.50
5:31PM
0.47
5:47AM
0.49
6:22PM
0.48
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise6:24-------6:22-------6:20-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:08-------6:09----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
12----------------------
Temp. °C99998781012131515141313131517161414141414
Feels °C (?)62235324671098891011131299778
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  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 2 km away suggest it is still onshore at Houghton Bay (moderate winds from the SSE at Wellington Airport). A 3.0m swell from the S is too big for here

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1 h 15 min ago

28 km/h
SSE
Onshore
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