Helena Bay Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (35.43° S 174.37° E)

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Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 17 Sep 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 15.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Helena Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 8AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s
Evening (17 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	4s

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

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	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	N	NE	NNW	NE	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	4	11	11	11	11	11	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	5	5	4	4	4	91	107	64	31	10	12	12	7	6	6	4	3
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	W	NW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	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	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:42AM 1.76					3:28PM 1.87				3:51AM 1.74				4:32PM 1.88				4:54AM 1.76				5:29PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)				9:02AM 0.35				9:47PM 0.49				10:08AM 0.36				10:51PM 0.45				11:08AM 0.35				11:48PM 0.39

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	17	18	16	13	13	15	15	16	18	16	14	13	11	10	10	13	16	15	13	10	9
Feels °C (?)	10	11	12	14	14	13	10	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	8	7	7	10	12	10	8	7	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Helena Bay (light winds from the NNW at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station 37 km from Helena Bay). 0.3m 11s groundswell from the NE with a 0.1m 12s groundswell from the N and a 0.1m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 17 minutes ago Helena Bay

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37 km away, 1 h 17 min ago

7 km/h

NNW

0.0

15.6

Air / Water (°C)

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