Henderson Bay surf break

Henderson Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 15 Oct 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
16.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Henderson Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Henderson Bay at 3AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (15 Oct)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (15 Oct)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.4
NE
0.2
ENE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)669999999999999212120201919191918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)241720281717171517171799228998303029292826
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
E
0
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
1.91
4:07PM
1.98
4:28AM
1.84
5:08PM
1.94
5:32AM
1.81
6:07PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:13PM
0.31
9:30AM
0.26
10:14PM
0.37
10:31AM
0.34
11:14PM
0.38
11:34AM
0.36
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise---6:46-------6:45-------6:43----
Sunset-------7:39-------7:40-------7:42
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151514141515151514141414151616151514141414151515
Feels °C (?)111311111110101110111111121212121312121313151515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 30 km from Tauranga Bay has become light (light winds from the SW at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at Tauranga Bay. 0.9m 6s windswell from the NNW with a 0.4m 9s swell from the ENE and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the NW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0 km/h
N
0.0
16.6
Air / Water (°C)
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