Lyall Bay-Bombora surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 16 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
17.4° C
(Which is 2.0°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 7AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
4
4
1
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 (?)
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.8
SSW
2
S
1.9
SSW
1.6
S
1.4
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)9101312111010999999915999999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31346010921155862520370203157995237241422968151414141312
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
10
W
10
NW
15
NW
25
NW
40
NW
40
NW
45
NW
45
NNW
55
NNW
50
NNW
55
NNW
40
NNW
55
NNW
50
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
15
NNW
15
N
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
1.62
4:34PM
1.63
5:08AM
1.65
5:32PM
1.70
6:08AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
0.65
10:25AM
0.69
10:50PM
0.64
11:27AM
0.67
11:55PM
0.61
12:25PM
0.64
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:54---
Sunset------5:46-------5:45-------5:44-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------18612323----14
Temp. °C151413121516161616161717161616151615151515161715
Feels °C (?)811118108988788978991091011131510
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