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Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am 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 7AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am 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)5.5ft (1.7m)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
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.7
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)81111111111111111111111111111111010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)190179308558593652716730730771862943887871745778731663584490480425348348
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
SSW
5
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39PM
1.71
12:13PM
1.86
12:24AM
1.67
12:57PM
1.84
1:13AM
1.65
1:44PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
0.37
6:30PM
0.51
6:37AM
0.41
7:18PM
0.51
7:24AM
0.44
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise---6:01-------6:01-------6:01----
Sunset-------8:16-------8:16-------8:17
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------------------121
Temp. °C181818182021222018181717202222221918191922222021
Feels °C (?)191918192021222019201818202120222019192022222122
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