Henderson Bay Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.76° S 173.13° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Henderson Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 12 Nov 2025 NZDT

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

Today's Henderson Bay sea temperature is 18.6° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Henderson Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Henderson Bay at 4PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	11s
Afternoon (12 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	5s
Evening (12 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

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

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	Wednesday 12					Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	24	33	32	53	94	125	140	141	143	75	65	51	37	37	24	23	44	44	44	44	37	35	38	38
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	E	SW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:47PM 2.12				3:07AM 1.93				3:44PM 2.04					4:06AM 1.86				4:40PM 1.98				5:07AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	8:11AM 0.18				8:54PM 0.30				9:07AM 0.28				9:49PM 0.34					10:04AM 0.36				10:44PM 0.35

	Wednesday 12					Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	10	20	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	17	16	16	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	14	16	18	14	15	13	14	15	15	16	14	12	13	14	14	12	12	13	12	11	14	14	14	14

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