Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 11 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
16.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Helena Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 12PM is: 2.4m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 1.2m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jul)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (11 Jul)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

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Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
2.4
N
3
N
3
N
3
N
1.9
NNE
2
N
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.9
NNE
1.5
NNW
1.7
NNW
1
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.5
ESE
1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)121212788988121212121212121212121212121111121111111111111111111111111111101110111111111010101077888106789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)480601734956128015912518127212791149990613510493464481459450359356359345337331336324311257257257250205201198159156156163180182180167146178227168171159235173190436535232147141163181222276
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
N
40
N
35
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
W
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
25
N
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
1.78
7:58PM
1.94
8:05AM
1.82
8:40PM
2.00
8:49AM
1.84
9:21PM
2.04
9:33AM
1.86
10:03PM
2.07
10:19AM
1.87
10:45PM
2.07
11:07AM
1.87
11:30PM
2.06
11:58AM
1.87
12:18AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25AM
0.49
1:37PM
0.27
2:10AM
0.43
2:20PM
0.23
2:54AM
0.38
3:03PM
0.20
3:38AM
0.33
3:46PM
0.20
4:22AM
0.28
4:30PM
0.21
5:07AM
0.25
5:16PM
0.24
5:54AM
0.22
6:06PM
0.29
6:43AM
0.22
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Sunrise--7:30-------7:30-------7:30-------7:28-------7:28-------7:28-------7:28-------7:26-
Sunset----5:24-------5:25-------5:25-------5:27-------5:27-------5:28-------5:29-------
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Rain (mm)
3381014153---------------------1-------1-------112681-24-------
Temp. °C161616161616151313141416161313131212131615131110101011151512121010101316151211101010121415141415141414151312131312131215
Feels °C (?)131211101011131091010121311111110101113121198889121310107779121310988810111311111211101012856778810
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