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Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 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
16.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lyall Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lyall Bay at 4PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.8
SSE
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)999999995567777777776677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13213213010176947940316910822530528024917214010596111229300297331
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
10
NW
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
SSE
15
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:31PM
1.53
2:57AM
1.60
3:17PM
1.50
3:38AM
1.59
4:03PM
1.48
4:19AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.75
8:37PM
0.77
9:18AM
0.77
9:18PM
0.79
10:01AM
0.78
10:02PM
0.79
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:05-------6:05
Sunset---8:54-------8:53-------8:53----
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-36881210155111----1-----
Temp. °C161515141415151515161616161615151617161615141414
Feels °C (?)131113141415141515161415161513131415131211998
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