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Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.8° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
4
3
2
2
0
0
3
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
1.1
NE
1.4
NE
1.8
NE
2.3
NE
3
NE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
2.2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)14131378101212121211111111101010101099161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9392901052646511565224424052399198117061331951656640910702575433377256253250
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
2.22
11:47PM
1.97
12:21PM
2.14
12:43AM
1.88
1:14PM
2.05
1:40AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48PM
0.19
6:00AM
0.11
6:42PM
0.25
6:54AM
0.22
7:37PM
0.30
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sunrise-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00
Sunset---8:28-------8:29-------8:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202121191717171720222221171615162023232217181616
Feels °C (?)191920181716161517191919161514151821212015151212
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