Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 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
20.8° C
(Which is 2.8°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 11AM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 04). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)19s
Afternoon (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)18s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
N
0.6
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
Period(s) (?)8819191818181817161616161616151414141415151313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1164912512210616022522214013425425125124817715715320620620621221887128
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
2.09
7:15PM
2.08
7:56AM
2.19
8:10PM
2.11
8:49AM
2.26
9:04PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
0.25
1:36AM
-0.01
2:09PM
0.19
2:30AM
-0.05
3:05PM
0.14
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise-6:00-------6:00-------6:00------
Sunset-----8:23-------8:24-------8:25--
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161618192118161616152023242116151515212324231816
Feels °C (?)91113141513121313131721232015141515212325231715
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