Helena Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.43° S 174.37° E

Issued: 11 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Helena Bay sea temperature is

16.2° 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 (22 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 2AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	6s
Afternoon (22 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	11s
Evening (22 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
		Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	60	56	41	31	23	23	22	22	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glassy	off	off
High Tide			00:56AM1.90m				1:32PM1.79m				1:46AM1.80m				2:27PM1.73m
Low Tide	6:45PM0.38m				7:17AM0.31m				7:37PM0.49m				8:07AM0.39m				8:31PM0.58m


	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:32	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	10	9	10	11	12	14	13	11	12	12	12	13	15	15	13	11
Feels °C	9	8	6	8	9	10	11	11	9	9	10	9	10	12	13	11	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7
kJ	60	56	41	31	21	14	14	8	5	5	4	2	4	6	6	9	9
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10
kJ	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NNE 7	N 6	NNE 7	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7
kJ	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	3	1	5	5	2	5	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 3	S 3	SSW 3	—	—	—	S 3	SSW 2	—	—	S 4	—	—	SSW 2	SSW 2	SSW 3
kJ	—	3	5	4	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Distance (km)	34	7	0	0	0	6	6	7	10	77	115	115	115	115	115	115	115
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Rating (10 max)	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	8	7	9	5	4

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