Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.1°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 4PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
NE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
2
N
1.7
N
1.7
N
1.5
N
1.4
NNW
1
N
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)88771111101212121212121277777611111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2712572071471671671231101171551552632582063883062982141808168464638
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
S
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
15
W
15
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13PM
1.75
4:55AM
1.90
5:21PM
1.76
5:56AM
1.93
6:22PM
1.81
6:50AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:09AM
0.46
10:31PM
0.36
11:16AM
0.43
11:35PM
0.35
12:17PM
0.37
12:34AM
0.32
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise--------7:31-------7:31-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:21----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1142--------
Temp. °C192122201918181820212220222121202022232118191717
Feels °C (?)212223212019191922222221211919202021222018181514
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