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Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 31 Jan 2026 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
21.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Helena Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 2AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (01 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
N
1
N
1
N
1
N
0.9
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)10101010101011111110109991099991211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)218202194190149179189188178133123941068512084848486199205198140134
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
0
SSW
5
SE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
2.07
7:43PM
1.96
8:21AM
2.15
8:37PM
2.00
9:11AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
0.15
1:43PM
0.30
2:01AM
0.09
2:38PM
0.23
2:53AM
0.06
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:41-------6:41--
Sunset-8:31-------8:30-------8:30------
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222120181818192123222121222124262524222221201822
Feels °C (?)232221192020212324242324252325262524232321201518
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