Henderson Bay surf break

Henderson Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
N
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.7
NNW
0.9
NNW
1
N
1.3
N
1.6
N
1.7
N
1.8
N
2
N
1.9
NNW
2
NNW
1.4
NW
1.3
N
Period(s) (?)111010101010101014141413444566667788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98101088881616141413294185157207243324332382239186
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
2.00
7:50AM
2.13
8:19PM
2.13
8:39AM
2.21
9:09PM
2.24
9:28AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
0.13
1:32AM
0.15
2:00PM
-0.00
2:21AM
0.06
2:48PM
-0.10
3:10AM
0.01
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-6:01-------6:00-------6:00------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------1132111
Temp. °C191818171818181819181717171718192019191918181818
Feels °C (?)151413141514161516161514141314151515151413151514
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