The Bluff-North Side Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Bluff-North Side surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 NZDT

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

Today's The Bluff-North Side sea temperature is 18.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Bluff-North Side today?

The current surf forecast for The Bluff-North Side at 7AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	9s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Evening (19 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

Table - waves today at The Bluff-North Side. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	14	12	10	10	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	218	223	269	255	227	190	137	99	101	100	93	128	204	946	2255	2140	2238	1933	1876	1657	1521	1430	1179	1471
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NW	WSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	ENE	N	NW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:28PM 2.10				8:58AM 2.18				9:06PM 2.13				9:35AM 2.24				9:43PM 2.14					10:11AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)			2:43AM 0.29				3:06PM 0.44				3:19AM 0.26				3:43PM 0.41				3:54AM 0.25					4:20PM 0.40

		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15

Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	18	18	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	18	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	20	20	19
Feels °C (?)	16	16	16	18	18	20	20	20	20	18	16	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	19

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