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Breaker Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 31 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
16.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Breaker Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Breaker Bay at 5AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313121211101010991514141313121211111010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7136594693361941631259087831121633082903392442201541125233512340
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
30
N
40
NNW
40
NNW
45
NNW
45
N
35
N
30
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
25
N
30
N
40
N
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:39AM
1.80
4:16PM
1.62
4:36AM
1.79
5:14PM
1.60
5:34AM
1.77
6:10PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
0.52
9:59AM
0.52
10:20PM
0.50
10:58AM
0.53
11:19PM
0.49
12:00PM
0.54
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---6:22-------6:24-------6:26----
Sunset-------8:43-------8:42-------8:40
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515151617171615151414161718171515151516181716
Feels °C (?)1412121099988101012151618161110888101112
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