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Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 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
20.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Helena Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 1PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 17s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (19 Mar)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (19 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
1
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)88889101111111111111110101010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)172177212270474830116812351158987878792595496356290240190151158123113106106
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
0
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
2.04
8:44PM
1.98
9:02AM
2.11
9:28PM
2.07
9:45AM
2.15
10:13PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:09AM
0.25
2:39PM
0.19
2:54AM
0.18
3:21PM
0.09
3:39AM
0.14
4:04PM
0.03
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise--7:22-------7:24-------7:24-----
Sunset-----7:36-------7:35-------7:32--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C141517212120171615151821211918181615182020191918
Feels °C (?)121316191921171514141821201919191615182019192020
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