The Bluff-North Side Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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The Bluff-North Side surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 17 Oct 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 16.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for The Bluff-North Side at 4PM is: 3.0m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 19s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	19s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	18s
Evening (17 Oct)	11ft (3.5m)	17s

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

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	Friday 17					Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	7	8	7	5	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1299	1988	5879	6918	7048	6605	5408	4585	3926	3182	2839	2484	2185	2054	1672	3663	3334	3412	3199	2684	2612	2328	1889	1850
Wind (km/h)	SE	S	SSW	S	ESE	NE	N	N	N	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				6:55PM 2.07					7:24AM 1.98				7:43PM 2.14				8:10AM 2.09				8:24PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		12:36PM 0.53					1:15AM 0.46				1:30PM 0.46				2:01AM 0.36				2:16PM 0.39				2:40AM 0.27

	Friday 17					Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	16	18	18	17	17	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	12	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	14	13	15	14	14	13	14	13	15	15	15	16	14	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at The Bluff-North Side (light winds from the SSW at CapeReingaAws 34 km from The Bluff-North Side). 2.0m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 1.0m 18s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 40 minutes ago The Bluff-North Side

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34 km away, 1 h 40 min ago

19 km/h

SSW

0.0

16.4

Air / Water (°C)

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