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Shark Alley surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Shark Alley surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shark Alley sea temperature is
20.9° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Shark Alley today?

The current surf forecast for Shark Alley at 1PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

Table - waves today at Shark Alley. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313131313121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1046765575858555855545454532928272626262626252525
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:56AM
2.35
12:22AM
2.22
12:42PM
2.29
1:09AM
2.16
1:27PM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
0.39
6:02PM
0.47
6:12AM
0.49
6:49PM
0.53
7:00AM
0.60
7:36PM
0.59
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:38-------8:38-------8:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919202020191818181921222119191919192124242220
Feels °C (?)151514151413121112121417161514141515161922212017
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