Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Helena Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Helena Bay sea temperature is
20.6° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Helena Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 8PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

Table - waves today at Helena Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
NNE
1.2
N
0.4
NNE
1.1
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.4
NNW
1.1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)101010101016615666788891919181818181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)123929290878410476861061091911461058840125122106160225222140134
Wind
(km/h)
0
SE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
W
25
WSW
30
W
40
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
1.96
6:06AM
1.97
6:19PM
2.02
7:02AM
2.09
7:15PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:14AM
0.40
11:47PM
0.16
12:14PM
0.33
12:42AM
0.07
1:13PM
0.25
1:36AM
-0.01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00
Sunset---8:22-------8:22-------8:23----
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-121---1211----1-------
Temp. °C212123222120202022222318161616161718201817171716
Feels °C (?)24232524222120202121201511109111212151313131314
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