Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 30 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
21.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Helena Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 3PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.2
N
1.3
NNW
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
NE
1.5
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)1212126611111111111010101010101011888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20315815310913495686645443720202019191930265548593583529488
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
10
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
1.93
6:22PM
1.81
6:50AM
1.97
7:16PM
1.87
7:38AM
2.00
8:04PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
0.37
12:34AM
0.32
1:10PM
0.30
1:26AM
0.29
1:57PM
0.24
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise--7:31-------7:33-------7:33-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:19-------7:17--
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------121---
Temp. °C201920232421191918161720191616161717171919181817
Feels °C (?)181920212220181816141417151314151617171616151514
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