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 Monday 17 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 18.3° 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 5PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Evening (17 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

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

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	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	ENE	E	NE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	87	87	272	88	87	113	139	176	288	288	247	292	305	355	495	669	748	866	836	784	720	624	554	543
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NW	SE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	W	WNW	NNE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:02AM 1.86				7:15PM 1.92				7:52AM 1.91				8:02PM 1.91				8:37AM 1.95				8:45PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		12:54PM 0.40					1:19AM 0.27				1:42PM 0.38				2:03AM 0.24				2:27PM 0.36				2:45AM 0.23

	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	19	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	18	17	19	20	20	20	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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