Lyall Bay-Bombora surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 12 Apr 2026 NZST
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Lyall Bay-Bombora surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lyall Bay-Bombora sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lyall Bay-Bombora today?

The current surf forecast for Lyall Bay-Bombora at 10PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)--
Afternoon (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.9
SSW
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)8991010101010101010915141414141313131312512
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9611112615118614311611677755429383735636259575655314628
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
25
SSW
30
SW
20
N
40
NNW
50
NNW
45
NNW
40
NW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
40
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
15
WNW
15
SSW
10
S
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
offcross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
1.46
12:42AM
1.54
1:03PM
1.46
1:27AM
1.55
1:52PM
1.48
2:16AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:19PM
0.67
6:58AM
0.64
7:01PM
0.66
7:39AM
0.65
7:49PM
0.65
8:25AM
0.66
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-
Sunset5:54-------5:52-------5:52-------
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
9266---------------------
Temp. °C181716171717171717161616161516161615151514131415
Feels °C (?)191512151091010109101099109889910101113
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