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Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 26 Nov 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
19.9° C
 (Which is 2.6°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 4PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (26 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (26 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NE
1.7
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111111111010101010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)593652762730730771862862904853759745717663562490463416341322276271225212
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
10
NW
5
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13PM
1.86
12:24AM
1.67
12:57PM
1.84
1:13AM
1.65
1:44PM
1.83
2:08AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
0.51
6:37AM
0.41
7:18PM
0.51
7:24AM
0.44
8:08PM
0.48
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01
Sunset---8:16-------8:16-------8:17----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202222211818171721232223201918182323232220191819
Feels °C (?)202221211919181821222024212019182422212120201920
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