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Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 30 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
16.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 9PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (30 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (30 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
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
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)6661213131212111010101099141413131212111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)778998392713659469279194133125908811010816330835533929922015711453
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
35
N
40
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
N
35
N
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
20
N
25
N
35
N
45
N
45
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
1.63
3:39AM
1.80
4:16PM
1.62
4:36AM
1.79
5:14PM
1.60
5:34AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
0.52
9:22PM
0.52
9:59AM
0.52
10:20PM
0.50
10:58AM
0.53
11:19PM
0.49
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:24-------6:26
Sunset---8:44-------8:43-------8:42----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161717181615151516171716151514141617181715151516
Feels °C (?)121315171412129999891010121417181411988
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