Airport Rights surf break

Airport Rights surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm 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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Airport Rights today?

The current surf forecast for Airport Rights at 11PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)--
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)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSW
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.5
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)14105666111010109998888889810109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1917367109945344960853337026517310375503333446078320865589430
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
30
SSE
20
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
NE
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
30
N
40
N
40
NNW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
35
NNW
5
NNW
10
E
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
0
NE
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
1.53
8:48AM
1.58
9:12PM
1.59
9:43AM
1.60
10:03PM
1.66
10:36AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
0.66
2:32AM
0.62
3:14PM
0.64
3:30AM
0.60
4:04PM
0.61
4:27AM
0.57
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:52-------6:52--
Sunset-8:17-------8:16-------8:15------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201814141312151617161516151517191918161414141517
Feels °C (?)1512913121012131311796710141816131113141515
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