Breaker Bay surf break

Breaker Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
13.3° C
(Which is 1.1°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 8AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (19 Sep)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (19 Sep)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.2
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)7889999910141313141414131311111111101015
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)792875128812327755093993674171036835724113010168695634662531578555341921
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
20
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
15
N
25
N
35
N
35
N
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
45
NW
45
NNW
55
NNW
55
N
55
N
55
NNW
60
NNW
55
NNW
50
NNW
55
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
1.54
2:39PM
1.65
3:12AM
1.52
3:31PM
1.60
4:03AM
1.50
4:22PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:23AM
0.54
8:52PM
0.59
9:18AM
0.57
9:45PM
0.64
10:12AM
0.60
10:40PM
0.69
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
Sunrise--6:16-------6:13-------6:11-----
Sunset-----6:13-------6:14-------6:15--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9989987677810111212121211121313131413
Feels °C (?)0-1-1134421-10123331-1121242
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Breaker Bay (strong winds from the S at Wellington Airport 2 km from Breaker Bay). A 2.6m swell from the S

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1 h 17 min ago

39 km/h
S
Cross-On
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