Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
17.0° 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 12PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (15 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (15 Jan)8ft (2.4m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.9
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
1.6
S
2.3
S
2.5
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2
S
Period(s) (?)9991367888877777788888778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116453995177498663536355256220208199214239246272324346337362392457475
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
1.60
3:17PM
1.50
3:38AM
1.59
4:03PM
1.48
4:19AM
1.58
4:49PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
0.77
9:18PM
0.79
10:01AM
0.78
10:02PM
0.79
10:47AM
0.78
10:49PM
0.78
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:03-------6:05-------6:05------
Sunset-----8:53-------8:53-------8:52--
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
121422191213222411------------
Temp. °C151515161615151515141515161615151414141515141414
Feels °C (?)1414151613121312131213131313111199889888
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