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Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 08 Feb 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
15.8° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 4AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 08). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)5ft (1.5m)5s
Afternoon (08 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (08 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.7
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131313577666677999913131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1716163310441024814811292808767103818361225282361361356265215
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
35
N
35
N
20
N
30
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
NE
5
N
5
W
10
WSW
10
S
10
S
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
15
N
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34PM
1.60
11:00AM
1.58
11:20PM
1.60
11:45AM
1.57
12:06AM
1.59
12:27PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
0.64
5:16PM
0.67
5:44AM
0.67
6:00PM
0.69
6:31AM
0.70
6:42PM
0.72
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise---6:33-------6:35-------6:37----
Sunset-------8:34-------8:32-------8:31
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171716161616161515141414161717181716161517171817
Feels °C (?)111110131111111113131314151616171716161415141413
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