Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 08 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
15.7° 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 11PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.5
E
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
0.3
E
0.3
E
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)1010101010101111111111101010555514145555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)715134353419202020202019191956815629191814131331
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
35
N
35
N
35
N
35
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
25
N
15
N
0
NNE
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:52PM
1.56
10:17AM
1.50
10:34PM
1.55
10:56AM
1.48
11:15PM
1.54
11:35AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:44PM
0.76
4:25AM
0.70
4:24PM
0.74
5:05AM
0.67
5:03PM
0.72
5:43AM
0.65
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-
Sunset-6:00-------6:00------5:58-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181716161616171717171616151515151514141313131418
Feels °C (?)151210101111121213131112141512111211121212121318
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