Airport Rights surf break

Airport Rights surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 Feb 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
17.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Airport Rights today?

The current surf forecast for Airport Rights at 4AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Afternoon (20 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.6
S
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)151414141414141056671111101010999815148
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21212020202019140598375893325846474822761811067750443850
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
SSE
20
SE
5
S
5
SE
5
NE
5
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
35
N
40
N
40
NW
45
NW
40
NW
45
NW
25
NW
15
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
1.48
7:51AM
1.56
8:21PM
1.53
8:48AM
1.58
9:12PM
1.59
9:43AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:34AM
0.63
2:24PM
0.66
2:32AM
0.62
3:14PM
0.64
3:30AM
0.60
4:04PM
0.61
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:48-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:17-------8:16-------8:15
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171817171819201614131312151617161616161617191919
Feels °C (?)12151312111214101012121014131210997910141616
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