Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
17.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 12AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 17s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121514131313121212121111111110101010556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7356356146041466129710328756434973392762161981511148353333133234684
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
20
N
25
N
30
N
35
N
40
N
45
NNW
45
NNW
50
NNW
45
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
N
5
SE
5
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18PM
1.56
6:41AM
1.56
7:09PM
1.58
7:32AM
1.54
7:58PM
1.59
8:22AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
0.65
12:59PM
0.73
1:26AM
0.69
1:47PM
0.76
2:19AM
0.72
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------7:37-------7:37-------7:39-
Sunset-7:12-------7:09-------7:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161516151413141516151616151616171716151514141517
Feels °C (?)1312131210888988991111121213151615141515
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