Helena Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.43° S 174.37° E

Issued: 5 pm 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Helena Bay sea temperature is

16.2° 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 (27 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Helena Bay at 12AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (27 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	11s
Evening (27 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 26			Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	ESE 14	E 14	E 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	61	69	101	176	178	173	162	162	218	222	222	222	225	225	225	225	225	229	229
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	S	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide		5:10PM1.73m				5:17AM1.66m				6:00PM1.77m					6:07AM1.69m				6:46PM1.83m
Low Tide				11:18PM0.63m				11:34AM0.43m					00:09AM0.59m				12:22PM0.39m


	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—
	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—
mm	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	12	10	10	10	8	9	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	11	9
Feels °C	10	8	7	6	7	5	6	7	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	9	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 14	E 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
kJ	61	64	101	176	178	173	162	162	218	222	222	222	225	225	225	225	225	229	229
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 7	ESE 14	ESE 11	NNW 6	NNW 6	ESE 5	E 5	NNW 6	ESE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 5	SE 5	N 11	NE 11	NE 10	SE 6	ESE 6
kJ	19	69	39	8	4	28	17	3	47	39	28	20	10	10	2	4	4	8	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	NNW 7	NNW 6	—	—	NNW 6	NNW 6	NW 6	NNW 6	N 13	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	—	—	—	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	39	9	8	—	—	4	3	7	4	4	3	3	2	2	—	—	—	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 2	WSW 3	SW 3	ESE 4	ESE 5	SE 5	SSW 2	ESE 5	SE 6	SE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 4	SE 4	—	—
kJ	1	3	1	25	31	38	1	23	74	73	58	34	23	22	9	9	5	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	47	0	0	0	47	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	47	7	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	4	2	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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