Helena Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.43° S 174.37° E

Helena Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Helena Bay sea temperature is
16.0° C
0.7° 

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


How big are the waves at Helena Bay today (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 2PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (07 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (07 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat night, min 8°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
7
Saturday
8
Sunday
9
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.3
ESE
7
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.3
ESE
6
0.3
ESE
7
0.3
ESE
6
0.1
NE
16
0.5
N
3
0.6
N
4
0.8
N
4
1
N
5
1.2
N
6
1.3
N
6
1.3
N
6
1.4
N
6
1.5
N
7
1.6
N
7
1.6
N
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
15
15
9
21
21
8
9
10
10
7
10
23
49
86
119
124
148
198
239
276
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
W
0
SW
10
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
1:39PM1.84m
1:54AM1.86m
2:42PM1.86m
2:58AM1.84m
3:48PM1.90m
Low Tide
7:22AM0.28m
7:49PM0.46m
8:20AM0.28m
8:53PM0.48m
9:23AM0.27m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:11
7:11
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:44
5:45
5:45
 mm
1
1
3
4
6
Temp °C
8
10
12
11
10
9
9
9
10
13
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
Feels °C
6
8
9
8
8
7
7
8
9
10
9
10
9
10
10
11
11
11
10
10
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Helena Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest