Airport Rights surf break

Airport Rights surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
12.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Airport Rights today?

The current surf forecast for Airport Rights at 10PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (15 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)999988131314131313109991010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)383325235185143113969814713917856464948444673735050333349
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
25
NW
30
NW
20
NW
10
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
N
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
45
NW
50
NW
60
NW
55
NW
55
NW
60
NW
55
NW
45
NW
40
WNW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33PM
1.66
11:57AM
1.77
12:26AM
1.62
12:52PM
1.73
1:22AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:31PM
0.47
5:47AM
0.49
6:22PM
0.48
6:38AM
0.50
7:11PM
0.51
7:29AM
0.51
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise------6:22-------6:20-------6:18-
Sunset-6:08-------6:09-------6:10------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C151514131214151616141414131314141414141414141415
Feels °C (?)109789101213119107556534434656
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wellington

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Airport Rights (moderate winds from the NNE at Wellington Airport 1 km from Airport Rights). 1.1m 9s swell from the S to make surfable waves.

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24 km/h
NNE
Offshore
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