Makara surf break

Makara surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 06 Jul 2025 NZST
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Makara surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Makara sea temperature is
14.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Makara today?

The current surf forecast for Makara at 8PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jul)--
Afternoon (06 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (06 Jul)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

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Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Mon
14
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
NE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
1
N
0.9
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.4
NW
0.8
NNE
1.5
N
1.9
NNW
2
NNW
2
NNW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
Period(s) (?)109999888887777141413131313121111210108899988888744474677778988766677666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)242313876444222110000000002001736879498144116494340703628312935144335391369633105914281030769532413396341421322223195169
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
40
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
25
WSW
5
SSE
20
NNW
35
NW
45
NW
50
NW
55
WNW
55
WNW
45
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
crossglassononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15PM
1.06
6:30AM
1.05
7:06PM
1.10
7:22AM
1.09
7:49PM
1.15
8:07AM
1.13
8:28PM
1.20
8:48AM
1.17
9:05PM
1.24
9:27AM
1.21
9:43PM
1.28
10:05AM
1.23
10:21PM
1.30
10:43AM
1.24
10:59PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.55
12:49PM
0.49
1:19AM
0.51
1:36PM
0.46
2:01AM
0.48
2:18PM
0.43
2:40AM
0.44
2:57PM
0.40
3:17AM
0.41
3:35PM
0.37
3:56AM
0.38
4:13PM
0.35
4:35AM
0.36
4:52PM
0.34
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Mon
14
Sunrise------7:46-------7:46-------7:46-------7:45-------7:45-------7:43-------7:43-----
Sunset5:05-------5:05-------5:06-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------5:08-------5:08---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C888877888910101010111112121110109910111111101111121313131414141314151514141313131313131212111213131312121312
Feels °C (?)232311333456668789877767676566788810101091011997665565381086431135
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wellington

  1. Smaller swell than Friday and the local SE wind was blowing stronglu cross off and generating a wind-chop at the point. Just 6 out here. I surfed the middle of the bay instead, where the waves looked biggest. Still wind-affected but some good shape waves, generally about shoulder-high.

    Delaware Bay (East end), 102 km away
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