North Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.08° N 71.88° W

North Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's North Bar sea temperature is
22.2° C
0.3° 

North Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at North Bar today (17 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for North Bar at 7PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Aug)--
Afternoon (17 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (17 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
9
1.3
S
6
1.3
S
6
1.1
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
7
1
SSE
7
0.8
S
7
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.7
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
7
0.5
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1
116
126
89
70
72
68
75
91
104
68
64
63
51
38
53
43
33
26
29
39
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
20
ESE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
N
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
W
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
11:52AM0.93m
11:48PM0.74m
12:35PM0.87m
00:23AM0.67m
1:23PM0.81m
Low Tide
5:39PM0.12m
5:30AM0.09m
6:28PM0.20m
6:07AM0.15m
7:27PM0.26m
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
6:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:43
7:42
7:40
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
21
22
22
21
22
21
20
21
22
23
24
24
25
25
23
22
23
25
26
26
26
Feels °C
19
23
22
21
22
21
20
22
25
24
24
25
26
26
25
22
23
25
26
25
26
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our North Bar surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest