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Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
15.5° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lyall Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lyall Bay at 9AM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 21). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (21 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (21 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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

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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141515151514141414666566655141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20222121212020192014016783474840312120181717173333
Wind
(km/h)
40
N
40
N
45
N
45
N
40
N
40
N
40
N
30
NNW
5
NW
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
5
ENE
5
NW
5
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassonononononcross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:24AM
1.59
6:50PM
1.50
7:08AM
1.58
7:37PM
1.49
7:51AM
1.57
8:23PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
0.84
12:58AM
0.85
1:43PM
0.82
1:40AM
0.83
2:30PM
0.79
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise-5:48-------5:47-------5:46------
Sunset-----8:24-------8:25-------8:27--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C141415161716151514121213141413121313141617161413
Feels °C (?)7778109810148891011111113121113131187
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