Henderson Bay surf break

Henderson Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 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
20.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Henderson Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Henderson Bay at 5AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (19 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)788888999101111111111111010141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1831231051011041401682273084864513322331851461411029894101101928786
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
15
S
10
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
1.97
9:26AM
2.12
9:47PM
2.07
10:10AM
2.20
10:33PM
2.15
10:55AM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:02AM
0.15
3:31PM
0.11
3:47AM
0.07
4:16PM
-0.00
4:32AM
0.02
5:00PM
-0.08
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----7:28-------7:28-------7:30---
Sunset-------7:40-------7:39-------7:37
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817171820201918181817182020191818171718192019
Feels °C (?)171715151719161617181817182018181718161718192119
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