Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Airport Rights today (15 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 5s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Airport Rights at 5AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 15). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (15 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 9s |
| Evening (15 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Airport Rights. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed night, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Thu night, light winds from the S by Sat afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 15 | Friday 16 | Saturday 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 | SSW 5 | S 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 10 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 37 | 36 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 107 | 133 | 1338 | 4190 | 5047 | 4806 | 5102 | 4349 | 3845 | 3438 | 3123 | 2749 | 2371 | 1832 | 748 | 741 | 757 | 643 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on |
High Tide | 9:13AM1.63m | 9:40PM1.55m | 9:57AM1.61m | 10:24PM1.54m | 10:40AM1.58m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:00AM0.76m | 3:42PM0.72m | 3:45AM0.76m | 4:28PM0.71m | 4:29AM0.75m | 5:11PM0.69m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | |  | | |  | |  | |  | |
 | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:43 | — |
mm | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Feels °C | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | -2 | -4 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 10 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 8 | NW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | S 18 | S 17 | SSW 16 | — | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 11 |
| kJ | 37 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 83 | — | 261 | 265 | 748 | 553 | 501 | 452 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | SSW 10 | SSW 13 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | NNW 8 | NW 7 | ENE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSE 9 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 1 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 339 | 205 | 741 | 378 | 323 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | — | S 6 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 5 | S 13 | S 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 11 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 1 | — | 3 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 87 | 34 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 6 | NNW 7 | NW 7 | NNW 4 | NNW 5 | NNW 4 | SSW 8 | SSW 5 | S 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | — | SSW 11 | SSW 11 |
| kJ | 325 | 458 | 139 | 42 | 39 | 11 | 107 | 133 | 1338 | 4190 | 5047 | 4806 | 5102 | 4349 | 3845 | 3438 | 3123 | 2749 | 2371 | 1832 | 628 | — | 757 | 643 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 63 | 63 | 37 | 38 | 3 | 60 | 63 | 111 | 111 | 124 | 124 | 111 | 111 | 267 | 188 | 111 | 111 | 139 | 111 | 64 | 257 | 266 | 116 | 64 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Airport Rights surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest