Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Airport Rights today (22 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Airport Rights at 7PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 22). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (22 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
| Evening (22 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Airport Rights. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NNW on Sat night, light winds from the N by Sun night). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 191 | 191 | 188 | 144 | 138 | 98 | 69 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 36 | 59 | 51 | 37 | 1016 | 2123 | 2190 | 1739 | 1156 | 833 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 12:22PM1.59m | 00:39AM1.51m | 1:05PM1.58m | 1:24AM1.48m | 1:46PM1.56m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:09AM0.71m | 6:44PM0.69m | 6:48AM0.72m | 7:25PM0.70m | 7:27AM0.73m | 8:05PM0.70m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  | | |  |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | -1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 |
| kJ | 191 | 191 | 188 | 144 | 138 | 98 | 69 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 36 | 59 | 51 | 37 | 1016 | 2123 | 2190 | 1739 | 1156 | 833 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | SE 11 | E 15 | E 14 | E 14 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | SE 13 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 6 | SE 14 | SE 14 | ESE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 |
| kJ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 13 | — | E 15 | — | — | — | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 17 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | SE 13 | NW 7 | SE 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 4 | — | NW 8 | NNW 3 | NNW 4 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 |
| kJ | 437 | 316 | 236 | 269 | 384 | 550 | 671 | 1263 | 886 | 350 | 202 | 137 | 153 | 72 | 15 | — | 17 | 9 | 34 | 48 | 37 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 64 | 64 | 114 | 64 | 126 | 126 | 126 | 135 | 131 | 88 | 116 | 131 | 294 | 116 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 53 | 37 | 2 |
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