Henderson Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.76° S 173.13° E

Issued: 6 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Henderson Bay sea temperature is

17.0°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Henderson Bay today (07 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Henderson Bay at 3AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Afternoon (07 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Evening (07 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 6			Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	N 5	N 6	N 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	N 15	ENE 7	NNE 14	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	64	61	56	58	58	50	45	42	42	117	127	127	102	83	70	41	38	35	68	60	59	59
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	N	N	N	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on
High Tide		6:52PM2.03m					7:28AM1.98m				7:43PM2.04m				8:18AM2.04m				8:31PM2.04m
Low Tide				00:59AM0.18m					1:23PM0.27m				1:49AM0.14m				2:13PM0.26m				2:35AM0.12m


	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—
	—	8:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:01	—	—	—	8:02
mm	2	1	—	1	3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	6
Temp °C	20	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	18
Feels °C	19	18	19	18	17	16	18	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	N 6	N 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NNE 6	N 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7
kJ	64	61	56	55	46	50	40	42	42	117	127	127	102	83	69	41	28	35	46	50	43	47
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 15	N 10	N 10	NW 8	N 15	ENE 8	ENE 8	N 16	ENE 8	N 16	NNE 13	N 13	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	ENE 7	ENE 7	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 13	N 5
kJ	4	2	2	3	4	45	45	20	38	20	16	14	40	69	70	34	35	19	19	18	59	26
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	NW 8	NW 8	N 10	N 10	N 16	N 16	NW 7	N 16	NNE 12	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	N 14	N 15	NNE 11	NNE 14	NNE 13	NW 7	NNE 13
kJ	2	3	3	2	2	19	20	2	20	14	2	2	2	2	2	37	38	25	68	60	2	59
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 5	N 5	NNE 6	N 5	N 5	—	—	N 6	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	—	NW 7	NW 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 6	—
kJ	29	43	50	58	58	—	—	22	18	2	13	—	26	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Houhora Harbour Bar Northland	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Back Beach Taranaki	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Houhora Harbour Bar Northland	Henderson Bay Northland	Henderson Bay Northland	Henderson Bay Northland	Houhora Harbour Bar Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Raupo Bay Northland	Raupo Bay Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating (10 max)	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	4
Distance (km)	44	14	31	31	23	14	9	446	486	160	27	9	0	0	0	9	14	23	23	19	19	23
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Ninety Mile Beach	Ninety Mile Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	The Box	Baylys Beach	Fairway Reef			Forestry	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Matauri Bay	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Baylys Beach	The Box	The Box	The Box	Baylys Beach
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	1			2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	1	1	4	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Fullers United States	Haga-Haga South Africa	Brak River South Africa	Brak River South Africa	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Gerickes Point South Africa	Gerickes Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Back Beach New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Little River State Beach United States	Amanzimtoti South Africa
Rating (10 max)	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4

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