Lyall Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.33° S 174.80° E

Lyall Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lyall Bay sea temperature is
12.9°C
0.4° 

Lyall Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Lyall Bay today (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lyall Bay at 1AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (05 Oct)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (05 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 7°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon morning, strong winds from the NNW by Tue night).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
S
11
1.6
S
11
1.5
S
11
1.5
S
10
1.4
S
11
1.4
S
11
1.4
S
11
1.3
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.1
S
10
1
S
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
S
9
0.4
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
618
599
517
458
449
449
441
353
290
240
200
157
115
81
59
41
26
25
25
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
15
NW
15
NNW
20
N
25
N
30
N
35
N
40
N
40
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
Wind State
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
00:22AM1.63m
12:48PM1.75m
1:15AM1.61m
1:44PM1.72m
Low Tide
6:21PM0.47m
6:36AM0.47m
7:11PM0.46m
7:28AM0.46m
8:00PM0.47m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
10
9
9
7
7
7
9
10
11
10
9
9
9
10
11
11
12
11
11
Feels °C
5
5
6
4
5
4
7
6
7
5
3
2
1
2
3
2
4
3
3
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