Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.43° S 174.37° E

Helena Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Helena Bay sea temperature is
15.6°C
0.1° 

Helena Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Helena Bay today (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 12AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (05 Oct)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (05 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue night).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
E
8
2.3
E
8
2.2
E
8
2
E
7
1.9
E
7
1.7
E
7
1.6
E
7
1.6
E
7
1.4
E
6
1.6
E
7
1.7
ENE
7
1.6
ENE
7
1.6
ENE
7
1.5
ENE
7
1.5
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
734
649
549
419
358
263
220
220
162
226
285
276
245
231
231
197
167
136
96
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
30
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
2:30AM1.80m
3:14PM1.91m
3:39AM1.77m
4:20PM1.92m
Low Tide
8:27PM0.42m
8:49AM0.31m
9:35PM0.43m
9:56AM0.34m
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
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6:54
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6:52
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7:27
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7:28
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7:29
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 mm
4
2
1
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Temp °C
12
12
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
14
12
Feels °C
7
6
7
7
7
7
8
9
10
10
10
10
11
11
12
12
12
12
10
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