Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 02 Mar 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
15.7° 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 4AM is: 3.0m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)15ft (4.5m)9s
Afternoon (02 Mar)16ft (5.0m)10s
Evening (02 Mar)15ft (4.5m)9s

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
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.2
S
3
S
4
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.8
S
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
Period(s) (?)777910101010999988881111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7455248222523434149904437361431192639229920381975181516121508221415841338730556548538496
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
25
SSE
40
SSW
50
S
55
SSW
55
SSW
50
SSW
45
S
45
S
40
S
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
40
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononononononononononcross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
1.70
4:54PM
1.55
5:16AM
1.67
5:49PM
1.55
6:11AM
1.64
6:43PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03PM
0.49
10:36AM
0.55
11:01PM
0.50
11:35AM
0.59
11:58PM
0.52
12:34PM
0.62
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise----7:01-------7:01-------7:03---
Sunset-------8:02-------8:01-------8:00
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
53111221112211----------
Temp. °C91011111010111111111110111213131313131213141414
Feels °C (?)0520-2-10112202445677811121312
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