Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.4°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 9AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.7
E
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
SE
1
ESE
1.1
SE
1.3
SE
0.9
ESE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)77777711111111111111771177777676
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9784826361475957811121161141121391121101681512001111061366896
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
0
SSE
5
S
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
2.10
10:33PM
2.19
10:50AM
2.03
11:28PM
2.13
11:47AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
0.14
4:15PM
0.00
4:49AM
0.19
5:08PM
0.08
5:46AM
0.26
6:04PM
0.17
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:52-----
Sunset----5:51-------5:49-------5:47---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C131314171615131311111214151312121211111415141211
Feels °C (?)121213171614111088891110998779101098
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