Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Helena Bay today (12 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with ENE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with ENE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NE swell.
The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 2AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (12 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
| Evening (12 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Helena Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 11 | Monday 12 | Tuesday 13 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 9 | NE 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 58 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 55 | 56 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 32 | 31 | 21 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 55 | 55 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:38PM2.05m | 9:07AM2.05m | 9:20PM2.02m | 9:48AM2.05m | 10:00PM1.98m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:55AM0.12m | 3:17PM0.24m | 3:35AM0.13m | 3:59PM0.27m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  |  | | | | |  | |  | | |  | | |  | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:34 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | N 4 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 58 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 55 | 56 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 32 | 31 | 21 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 9 | 55 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 5 | N 4 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 4 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 6 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NNW 4 | N 4 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | ENE 9 | N 12 |
| kJ | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 7 | SE 6 | NNE 10 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | N 4 | N 4 | N 10 | SE 6 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | SE 6 | N 10 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | E 13 |
| kJ | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 5 | SSW 3 | SW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | N 4 | N 4 | — | — | — | — | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | N 4 | NW 4 | NNW 4 |
| kJ | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 133 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Helena Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest