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Airport Rights surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Airport Rights surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Airport Rights sea temperature is
16.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Airport Rights today?

The current surf forecast for Airport Rights at 5PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 27). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (27 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (27 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s

Table - waves today at Airport Rights. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
1.3
SSW
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010101099999888888887756
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77670171663054647440833427623022515211586654631292828271784173
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
E
5
NE
15
NW
20
NNW
25
N
30
N
35
N
40
NNW
50
NNW
50
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
30
NNE
10
NNE
25
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
1.63
12:54AM
1.72
1:24PM
1.64
1:48AM
1.76
2:19PM
1.64
2:43AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
0.57
7:17AM
0.55
7:37PM
0.55
8:09AM
0.53
8:28PM
0.53
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise-------6:20-------6:20-------6:22
Sunset---8:46-------8:45-------8:45----
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C131314151413121215181918161616161718181716161515
Feels °C (?)9910111110101014151614111098911131111151211
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