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Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 06 Feb 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
15.8° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lyall Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lyall Bay at 6PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (06 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (06 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)10101010101099991313131313131414666667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10480575638372917178171734161616193616613898695282
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
15
N
25
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
1.61
9:46PM
1.60
10:11AM
1.59
10:34PM
1.60
11:00AM
1.58
11:20PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40PM
0.61
4:01AM
0.60
4:29PM
0.64
4:54AM
0.64
5:16PM
0.67
5:44AM
0.67
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:33-------6:35
Sunset---8:37-------8:35-------8:34----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171819181616171718181918171716161716161515151414
Feels °C (?)111314141212141518171715131311121412101112131313
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