Airport Rights surf break

Airport Rights surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 10PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
!
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
1.5
S
2
S
2
S
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.8
S
1.6
SSE
2.4
S
3.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
Period(s) (?)9991499999885677777681010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24141420141414141312121013183663743504832802187832013192821492510
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
25
NW
25
N
30
NNW
30
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
SW
30
SSW
30
S
45
S
45
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
S
35
SSW
60
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
crossononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
1.70
6:08AM
1.67
6:29PM
1.77
7:07AM
1.69
7:26PM
1.82
8:04AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:55PM
0.61
12:25PM
0.64
12:58AM
0.57
1:20PM
0.60
1:59AM
0.53
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-
Sunset5:45-------5:45-------5:43-------
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
886------1871-111---15105
Temp. °C151515141415151616141212121212131314131313121212
Feels °C (?)9111199101011121011663387111112111150
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