Airport Rights surf break

Airport Rights surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 07 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
13.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Airport Rights today?

The current surf forecast for Airport Rights at 11AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 07). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (07 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (07 Sep)11ft (3.5m)14s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wed
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)9998810141312111111101010101010101011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2061761472265292054810634592246163313791086745637484383355314311270298207200159
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
25
SSE
10
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
0
S
10
N
20
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
45
NNW
50
NNW
55
NNW
50
NNW
40
NNW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
1.47
4:01PM
1.60
4:34AM
1.50
4:58PM
1.61
5:30AM
1.54
5:57PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:39AM
0.61
10:25PM
0.64
10:37AM
0.59
11:28PM
0.64
11:38AM
0.57
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wed
10
Sunrise--6:37-------6:35-------6:33-----
Sunset-----6:00-------6:01-------6:02--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C81112991099889101099999111111111212
Feels °C (?)31335534346785421010-1144
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wellington

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Airport Rights (light winds from the NW at Wellington Airport 1 km from Airport Rights). 0.7m 8s swell from the SSW with a 0.2m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Airport Rights
  2. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Lyall Bay (light winds from the NW at Wellington Airport 1 km from Lyall Bay). 0.7m 8s swell from the SSW with a 0.2m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.2m 12s groundswell, also from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Lyall Bay
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Actual: 51 min ago

15 km/h
NW
Cross-Off
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