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Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 12 Feb 2026 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
21.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Helena Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 4PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (12 Feb)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (12 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
1.6
E
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)166777777777613131313131212121212128
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131200285334359387387334242158102115878484545248474645454545
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WSW
5
S
10
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
1.60
4:57AM
1.64
5:07PM
1.60
5:55AM
1.69
6:03PM
1.63
6:47AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
0.69
10:28PM
0.53
11:04AM
0.69
11:26PM
0.51
12:03PM
0.66
12:21AM
0.46
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:52-------6:54
Sunset---8:21-------8:20-------8:19----
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1221-11131412121---------
Temp. °C222221212121222222222222222221212123221917171718
Feels °C (?)202120202021242524242424252524232121191512131315
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