Helena Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.43° S 174.37° E

Issued: 6 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Helena Bay sea temperature is

15.4°C

Helena Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Helena Bay today (04 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 11AM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	6s
Afternoon (04 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	8s
Evening (04 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Sun morning, calm by Tue night).
	Sunday 4							Monday 5								Tuesday 6
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 9	NNE 9	E 6	E 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	62	70	163	480	588	478	442	340	271	226	222	184	187	193	250	338	346	349	322	237	193	132	124
Wind (km/h)	SW	S	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	1:25AM1.86m				2:08PM1.94m				2:30AM1.80m				3:14PM1.91m				3:39AM1.77m					4:20PM1.92m
Low Tide			7:45AM0.26m				8:27PM0.42m				8:49AM0.31m				9:35PM0.43m				9:56AM0.34m


	6:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—
mm	1	2	5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	12
Feels °C	11	11	7	6	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	12	10	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NE 12	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	62	70	70	68	53	52	50	36	35	36	35	41	34	16	16	15	15	15	6	237	193	132	124
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	NE 15	NNE 15	NNE 15	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 14	NE 14	ENE 13	ENE 14	ENE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 12	NNE 12	NNE 11	NNE 11
kJ	10	10	10	9	22	21	21	20	19	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	19	8	7	6	14	13	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 12	NE 18	NE 17	NE 16	NE 15	NE 15	NE 15	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	NE 14	NE 13	N 14	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 13	NE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	NNE 8
kJ	6	6	12	12	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	7	7	4	3	3	3	3	3	7	17	16	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 3	—	E 6	E 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	SE 6	—	—	E 7
kJ	2	—	163	480	588	478	442	340	271	226	222	184	187	193	250	338	346	349	322	18	—	—	107
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	69	156	156	82	82	82	82	82	116	115	117	82	82	82	115	82	82	82	47	47	3
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Herangi Beach		The Box	The Box	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Waipapakauri Beach	The Box	Herangi Beach	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Herangi Beach	The Box	The Box	Baylys Beach	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Box	The Box	The Box	Taronui Bay-Bombora	Tapuaetahi	Taronui Bay-Bombora
Rating (10 max)	1	1	4	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	5	5	8	9	9	9	9	4	4

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