Lyall Bay-Bombora surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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
16.6° 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 1PM is: 4.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)15ft (4.5m)9s
Afternoon (21 Apr)16ft (5.0m)9s
Evening (21 Apr)15ft (4.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
S
4.5
S
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.3
S
1.4
SSE
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)99999101099999999999988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)385536183306337739164042392131612833287931102676245521651780135912331106872588424208256138
Wind
(km/h)
60
SSE
60
SSE
55
S
60
SSE
60
S
55
SSE
55
S
50
S
50
S
55
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
45
S
40
S
35
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
5
SE
0
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononononononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
1.71
8:21PM
1.85
8:59AM
1.71
9:17PM
1.85
9:52AM
1.70
10:13PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:59AM
0.53
2:15PM
0.55
2:57AM
0.49
3:09PM
0.51
3:51AM
0.46
4:04PM
0.48
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:56-------6:58-------6:58-----
Sunset----5:40-------5:39-------5:37---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
311133--231--111--------
Temp. °C101010101010111210101111111111111111111212111111
Feels °C (?)-2-2-2-2-2-2-11-1-2001123444678910
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