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Lyall Bay-Bombora surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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 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 8AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (12 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (12 Jan)7ft (2.2m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
S
0.9
S
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
2.1
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)111318614131211111010121111101010101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11176522103841269129399174042290969550541033327922821917316613613379
Wind
(km/h)
55
NNW
60
NNW
30
W
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
E
15
NE
10
NNE
20
N
25
N
35
N
40
NNW
45
NNW
40
N
40
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
25
NNW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
1.61
1:02PM
1.58
1:27AM
1.60
1:47PM
1.55
2:13AM
1.60
2:31PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
0.68
7:16PM
0.69
7:49AM
0.72
7:57PM
0.73
8:34AM
0.75
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---6:01-------6:01-------6:03----
Sunset-------8:54-------8:54-------8:54
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--2---------------------
Temp. °C191818141516161514131213151717161515161617171716
Feels °C (?)1081410111211101110910101110878111317171313
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