Helena Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.43° S 174.37° E

Issued: 5 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Helena Bay sea temperature is

16.0°C

Helena Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Helena Bay today (10 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 9AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 10). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	14s
Afternoon (10 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Evening (10 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri morning).
	Thursday 10							Friday 11								Saturday 12
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 17	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	ENE 9	NNE 12	NE 13	NE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	29	29	30	73	76	77	74	71	71	70	68	63	44	43	44	61	60	26	23	17	15	27	40
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	W	NW	NW	NW	WNW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	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	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:01AM1.92m				6:32PM2.11m				6:54AM1.99m				7:20PM2.16m				7:44AM2.05m				8:06PM2.17m
Low Tide					12:15PM0.17m				00:51AM0.19m				1:07PM0.13m				1:39AM0.12m				1:55PM0.11m


	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:10	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	10	10	12	15	16	14	12	11	11	11	13	14	15	13	12	13	12	12	14	15	15	12	11
Feels °C	8	8	10	12	12	10	10	5	5	5	8	7	9	8	8	9	7	7	9	9	9	7	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 9	NE 9	NE 15	NE 9	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	ENE 10	ENE 10	NE 9	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	ENE 9	ENE 9	NNE 12	NE 13	NE 12
kJ	9	15	16	27	20	77	20	71	71	70	68	63	35	36	23	61	60	26	16	16	15	27	40
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 15	NE 9	NE 14	NNW 5	NE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 12	NNE 13	ENE 9	NNE 12	SSE 6
kJ	8	29	30	73	76	20	74	9	17	33	33	33	44	43	44	20	16	16	23	17	8	14	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 17	ENE 9	NE 17	E 5	ESE 4	—	ESE 7	NE 8	NNW 5	NNW 5	N 5	—	NNE 14	NNE 14	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	NNE 13	NNE 13	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	29	8	12	2	2	—	5	17	6	3	1	—	18	18	3	3	3	17	17	14	15	8	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NW 5	WNW 5	NW 3	NNW 4	NNW 5	SW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	SSW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	SW 4
kJ	—	—	1	2	2	6	12	4	18	23	20	34	34	23	11	12	16	16	16	18	23	18	15
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Pareparea Bay Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Waipu Cove Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Pataua Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Pareparea Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Pareparea Bay Northland	Pareparea Bay Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	7	6	6	0	6	6	0	68	53	34	96	96	96	53	0	0	0	7	53	53	53	7	7
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Takou Bay	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Takou Bay	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Pakiri beach	Matauri Bay	Pakiri beach	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Pakiri beach	Taipa Bay	Taipa Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia
Rating (10 max)	3	7	1	1	4	5	5	8	8	8	7	7	7	5	1	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	3
Header Global	Etang-Sale Reunion	Papatowai New Zealand	Kaka Point New Zealand	Saint Leu Reunion	Nugget Point New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Trial Harbour Australia	Fox River New Zealand	Fox River New Zealand	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Shingles New Zealand	Antiques Maldives	Trial Harbour Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	8	7	9	6	5	5	9	8	8	9	9	9	7	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	7	7

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