Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Lyall Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lyall Bay sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lyall Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lyall Bay at 6AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
ESE
1.1
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010101010999998141413131355
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)137139139139139142120120117987441412923212120373534335975
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
SSW
0
W
5
N
15
NNE
20
N
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
10
N
10
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglassonglassoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:49PM
1.71
9:25AM
1.66
9:42PM
1.76
10:18AM
1.67
10:35PM
1.79
11:10AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
0.56
3:40PM
0.59
4:14AM
0.53
4:32PM
0.55
5:08AM
0.49
5:24PM
0.51
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise----7:24-------7:26-------7:26---
Sunset-------7:29-------7:27-------7:24
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151414131519191918161515151618171616161616151414
Feels °C (?)141212111317181715121110101215151514151616121011
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