Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.43° S 174.37° E

Helena Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Helena Bay sea temperature is
16.9°C
1.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Helena Bay today (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 2PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (15 Oct)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (15 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Thu morning, light winds from the S by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ENE
10
1.1
N
5
1.6
N
6
1.8
NNW
7
1.3
N
7
1.1
N
7
0.9
N
7
0.8
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.6
NNW
7
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
10
1.1
ESE
6
1.6
SE
7
1.2
ESE
7
1.2
ESE
7
1
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
61
64
181
299
176
117
77
60
34
37
36
23
23
23
23
23
80
221
138
142
93
50
38
Wind (km/h)
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
10
S
15
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:10AM1.97m
11:22PM1.84m
11:53AM1.90m
00:05AM1.75m
12:38PM1.82m
Low Tide
4:54AM0.23m
5:22PM0.39m
5:35AM0.30m
6:05PM0.46m
6:18AM0.38m
6:51PM0.54m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:39
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:37
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
7:36
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:37
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:37
—
 mm
—
—
1
4
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
17
17
16
13
17
15
13
13
13
12
15
16
17
14
11
10
9
8
11
13
14
14
11
Feels °C
14
13
10
8
12
10
8
8
8
7
9
10
11
8
7
6
4
3
5
7
9
10
7
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 locationNearest