North Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.08° N 71.88° W

North Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 28 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's North Bar sea temperature is
21.0°C
0.1° 

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 (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for North Bar at 2PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (28 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (28 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 25°C on Fri afternoon, min 17°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SW by Sun night).

Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
S
7
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
123
82
82
80
78
53
63
50
51
49
39
32
31
31
32
33
24
25
25
25
25
18
18
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
8:37AM0.85m
8:44PM0.89m
9:07AM0.89m
9:17PM0.88m
9:40AM0.92m
9:54PM0.86m
Low Tide
2:05AM0.02m
2:14PM0.06m
2:37AM-0.01m
2:55PM0.05m
3:11AM-0.02m
3:38PM0.04m
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:27
7:24
7:23
 mm
1
4
Temp °C
23
23
23
24
25
25
23
20
18
17
19
20
21
22
21
21
21
21
22
23
23
22
23
Feels °C
26
26
26
26
25
25
20
16
14
13
16
18
18
19
19
19
20
20
21
21
21
19
22
  • 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