Breaker Bay surf break

Breaker Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Breaker Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Breaker Bay sea temperature is
16.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Breaker Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Breaker Bay at 9PM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)--
Afternoon (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Breaker Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)99998888888888888888881113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28502333194116821288948643439301257169149127584646789494947680195421
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
45
S
40
S
40
SSW
35
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
E
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
1.85
9:52AM
1.70
10:13PM
1.82
10:44AM
1.68
11:10PM
1.77
11:37AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
0.51
3:51AM
0.46
4:04PM
0.48
4:44AM
0.45
4:58PM
0.46
5:35AM
0.45
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise------6:58-------7:00-------7:01-
Sunset5:39-------5:37-------5:37-------
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1123-------------------
Temp. °C111111101011121212111010101010121312121212111212
Feels °C (?)1122246788888881011101088787
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