Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 02 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
16.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Lyall Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lyall Bay at 4AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 02). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
S
1.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1.8
S
1.6
SSE
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1211111010101111111110105678888877713
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1831268334335259595855504856139674122011571051827689506333261507
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
40
N
40
N
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
35
N
35
N
35
NNW
20
SSW
20
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
ononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
1.77
6:10PM
1.59
6:31AM
1.73
7:07PM
1.58
7:28AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:19PM
0.49
12:00PM
0.54
12:17AM
0.48
1:00PM
0.56
1:14AM
0.49
1:57PM
0.57
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise---6:26-------6:26-------6:28----
Sunset-------8:40-------8:39-------8:38
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1751-11111---
Temp. °C151515151718171717171615151514141313131313141514
Feels °C (?)109889101012121214131311764556791110
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