Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
16.0° 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 11AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)1010101010107889910101010101010111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)484951513332434745626968503334353519202020202019
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
ENE
0
ENE
10
NNE
15
NE
35
N
35
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
1.53
9:11PM
1.57
9:38AM
1.52
9:52PM
1.56
10:17AM
1.50
10:34PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
0.74
3:02PM
0.77
3:43AM
0.73
3:44PM
0.76
4:25AM
0.70
4:24PM
0.74
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:41-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset-----6:02-------6:00-------6:00--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------3272-------------
Temp. °C141415181916151415161819171616161616171717171716
Feels °C (?)121213161916141514141314121010111112131212131313
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