Henderson Bay surf break

Henderson Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 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
21.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Henderson Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Henderson Bay at 12PM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (25 Mar)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (25 Mar)13ft (4.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4
NNE
3.5
NE
4
NE
3.5
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
2.1
NE
2
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
Period(s) (?)888999991099101010101099999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)86610431442199122242423275627302831276326553254288622433195227312281102885715609516443358
Wind
(km/h)
40
E
40
E
45
ENE
50
ENE
50
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
NE
45
NNE
30
N
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
0
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46AM
2.14
2:08PM
2.04
2:42AM
2.07
3:05PM
1.96
3:45AM
2.00
4:07PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54AM
0.20
8:15PM
0.09
8:53AM
0.28
9:14PM
0.19
9:56AM
0.34
10:17PM
0.26
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise--7:33-------7:33-------7:35-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:30-------7:30--
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1572149791081475----------
Temp. °C191818181819191920202121212120202019202121212019
Feels °C (?)141211101113131214131516192321212221232322232120
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