Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 9AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.7
S
1.3
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
3
SSW
5
SSW
6
S
6
S
6
S
6
S
6
S
5.5
S
5.5
S
6
S
5.5
S
5
S
Period(s) (?)9999988456678910101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14141414131212128523726334985735897184721974457203682563786198707362225373
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
WNW
15
S
30
S
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
S
45
S
40
S
60
S
65
S
65
S
65
S
65
S
70
S
70
S
65
S
60
S
60
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
onononononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:08AM
1.67
6:29PM
1.77
7:07AM
1.69
7:26PM
1.82
8:04AM
1.71
8:21PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
0.64
12:58AM
0.57
1:20PM
0.60
1:59AM
0.53
2:15PM
0.55
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset----5:44-------5:43-------5:40---
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----14621-13112320847149684
Temp. °C14151516161513121213131413121211109999101010
Feels °C (?)911111213131175668540-2-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-2
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Lyall Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest