Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (18 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.2
N
1.4
N
1.5
N
1.9
N
2
N
1.7
N
2.3
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.5
N
1.1
N
1
NNE
1.1
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.5
N
Period(s) (?)131212556677887777777777787
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5450497311414628437731565439517814723911796104144131105111212217235
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
N
30
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31AM
2.12
8:03PM
2.16
8:18AM
2.15
8:52PM
2.21
9:06AM
2.15
9:41PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
0.19
1:50PM
0.01
2:15AM
0.14
2:37PM
-0.04
3:05AM
0.12
3:25PM
-0.04
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise--6:48-------6:48-------6:50-----
Sunset----5:53-------5:52-------5:52---
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----12141-----25--12111
Temp. °C151719191918181818171719191716171615161716151515
Feels °C (?)121415151514131314151617161514131211121212121111
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