Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 02 Mar 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 12PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (02 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.4
N
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.9
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)7777121616101010101010111011101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)445653484824831814819622922522514518023422094113967368676553
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:11AM
2.02
7:31PM
1.91
8:02AM
2.08
8:23PM
1.96
8:49AM
2.12
9:10PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
0.31
1:45AM
0.19
2:21PM
0.23
2:35AM
0.15
3:07PM
0.17
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise--7:07-------7:09-------7:09-----
Sunset-----8:00-------7:58-------7:57--
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171518201916141312121517181714131212152021191514
Feels °C (?)161315151310887691212121110910121718171313
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