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Right, slightly late, but I had the same problem. Although my circumstances vary a little. I am using a FortiGate FW instead. The solution should be almost the same though.

You can read my "guides" on this here:

http://blog.belodedenko.me/2013/07/dynamic-ipv6-updates-using-ddclient-for.html http://blog.belodedenko.me/2013/06/a-practical-guide-to-setting-up-ipv6.html

In summary you will need to configure ddclient with a helper script to extract your IPv4 public IP directly from the Apple router (not via default web mechanism) [see n1] and update the HE tunnel end-point (e.g.)

# /etc/ddclient.conf

daemon=300                              # check every 5 minutes
syslog=yes                              # log update msgs to syslog
#mail=root                              # mail all msgs to root
#mail-failure=root                      # mail failed update msgs to root
pid=/var/run/ddclient.pid               # record PID in file.

# update tunnel end-point address
protocol=dyndns2
use=cmd, cmd=/opt/scripts/use-apple-snmp.sh
server=ipv4.tunnelbroker.net
script=/nic/update
login=your_HE_tunnelbroker_login
password=your_HE_tunnelbroker_password
<your-HE-nick>-<#tunnel>.tunnel.tserv<#num server>.lon1.ipv6.he.net

Once your router reboots and/or and gets a new public DHCP lease, you HE tunnel will be temporarily down. Once ddclient runs and updates the HE tunnel end-point, your tunnel should come up. I've had this running for a while now, and it usually taken no more than x2 ddclient intervals (10 minutes) to get the tunnel back.

Notes:

[n1] http://ampedup.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/get-the-internet-ip-address-from-your-airport-via-bash-script/

Seems like the problem is that Airport Extreme still does not support delegating IPv6 prefixes over PPPoE.