Lyall Bay-Bombora Surf Forecast

/ Wellington (17 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Lyall Bay-Bombora surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 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 12.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lyall Bay-Bombora today?

The current surf forecast for Lyall Bay-Bombora at 9AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (15 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	9s

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

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	Monday 15							Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thu 18
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	13	14	13	13	13	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	976	696	333	388	388	325	235	185	143	113	96	98	145	141	178	59	47	49	47	43	45	51	51	51
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	N	NNW	N	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:01AM 1.80				11:33PM 1.66				11:57AM 1.77					12:26AM 1.62				12:52PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		4:56AM 0.50				5:31PM 0.47				5:47AM 0.49					6:22PM 0.48				6:38AM 0.50				7:11PM 0.51

	Monday 15							Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thu 18
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	12	13	15	15	14	13	13	14	15	16	16	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	3	4	6	7	11	10	7	9	9	10	12	13	12	9	8	7	5	6	5	4	3	3	3	3

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wellington

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Lyall Bay-Bombora (moderate winds from the NNE at Wellington Airport 1 km from Lyall Bay-Bombora). A 1.6m swell from the S
1 hour 33 minutes ago Lyall Bay-Bombora

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1 h 33 min ago

24 km/h

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Offshore

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