Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 09 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 9PM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)6ft (1.9m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.9
NNE
2.1
NNE
2.2
NE
2.1
NE
2.5
NE
3.5
NE
4
ENE
5
ENE
5.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6
ENE
6.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
7
ENE
7.5
ENE
7.5
ENE
8
ENE
6.5
ENE
5
ENE
Period(s) (?)161515151514141413131313131314141514141514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1818172616521631143214151653172215892076356755528025100241132813320167601810520402237572334225339148427880
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
50
ESE
40
ESE
50
ESE
40
SE
35
WSW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
1.66
12:42AM
1.73
12:54PM
1.60
1:35AM
1.69
1:50PM
1.56
2:32AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20PM
0.47
6:55AM
0.62
7:10PM
0.52
7:51AM
0.65
8:06PM
0.55
8:49AM
0.64
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-
Sunset-6:06-------6:05-------6:02------
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part cloud
cloud
light rain
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1---------1--27178141417-
Temp. °C191818171717192020191919191919191920212121212121
Feels °C (?)181818171616181818171716151514141414151715171819
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