Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 30 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
15.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lyall Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lyall Bay at 12PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 30). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
3
2
2
1
0
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.8
S
2.1
S
2.5
SSW
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)1111111116161515151557141313131212121212141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)100989869132193240184186174166378241044013113209214621136895880752162612941218
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
10
NW
10
S
10
SSE
0
SSW
0
W
15
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:09AM
1.68
3:41PM
1.55
4:03AM
1.64
4:34PM
1.55
4:57AM
1.61
5:27PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.54
9:48PM
0.53
10:14AM
0.60
10:45PM
0.56
11:10AM
0.65
11:40PM
0.60
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise--7:33-------7:33-------7:35-----
Sunset-----7:16-------7:15-------7:13--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C161617171815151515141411121211101010111414131312
Feels °C (?)121113141814151616128357777781110101110
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