Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
20.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Helena Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 8AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
3
2
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.9
N
1.4
NNE
1.2
N
1.4
N
1
N
0.5
ESE
0.8
NNE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)1111101212121212121212777771161111661010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)167167123110117155155263258206203328191138181927055453722212020
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SW
5
WSW
0
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
1.90
5:21PM
1.76
5:56AM
1.93
6:22PM
1.81
6:50AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31PM
0.36
11:16AM
0.43
11:35PM
0.35
12:17PM
0.37
12:34AM
0.32
1:10PM
0.30
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise----7:31-------7:31-------7:33---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:21-------7:19
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------112-------------
Temp. °C191818171921222021202019202323211818181717191816
Feels °C (?)212020192122222121181919202222211817161414151413
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