Helena Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 27 Nov 2025 NZDT
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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
19.9° C
(Which is 2.5°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 7PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (27 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (27 Nov)6ft (1.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)11111111101010101010101010109999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)904887792778731663562551490425416328276276225217212173173173173169138138
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
10
NW
5
SW
5
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
ESE
5
ENE
0
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
1.84
1:13AM
1.65
1:44PM
1.83
2:08AM
1.64
2:35PM
1.84
3:07AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
0.51
7:24AM
0.44
8:08PM
0.48
8:16AM
0.47
9:01PM
0.43
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01
Sunset---8:16-------8:17-------8:19----
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212322222019181923232423201918182324232217161516
Feels °C (?)212220222120192023222323202019192424242417161616
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