Lyall Bay-Bombora surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 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
16.7° 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 2AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
1.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
S
2.4
S
3.5
S
4.5
S
5.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
5.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)9149999988467777789101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142014141414131212402385237445633973027101935396658414331323228335881
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
35
NNW
35
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
WNW
15
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
S
50
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
40
SSE
60
S
70
SSW
70
SSW
40
S
55
SSW
60
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:08AM
1.67
6:29PM
1.77
7:07AM
1.69
7:26PM
1.82
8:04AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:55PM
0.61
12:25PM
0.64
12:58AM
0.57
1:20PM
0.60
1:59AM
0.53
2:15PM
0.55
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:54-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset------5:44-------5:43-------5:40-
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
4------179---15-1622418641
Temp. °C151515151616161412121212131413131314131212141212
Feels °C (?)1099101212131296544998972-1-1720
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