Lyall Bay-Bombora surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 21 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
16.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4AM is: 4.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)15ft (4.5m)9s
Afternoon (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2
S
1.6
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)1099999999998888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39653236326935173420327327702333194115571440112385653334317217313812750466310097
Wind
(km/h)
55
SSE
55
S
55
S
55
S
55
S
50
S
45
S
45
S
40
S
35
S
40
SSW
35
S
30
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
1.85
8:59AM
1.71
9:17PM
1.85
9:52AM
1.70
10:13PM
1.82
10:44AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
0.49
3:09PM
0.51
3:51AM
0.46
4:04PM
0.48
4:44AM
0.45
4:58PM
0.46
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:58-------6:58-------7:00---
Sunset------5:39-------5:37-------5:37-
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-1111--111211----------
Temp. °C111110111110111111111010111212111110101112121312
Feels °C (?)-1-1-2-1-1-1112313578898789898
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