Te Ikaamaru Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 NZST
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Te Ikaamaru Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Te Ikaamaru Bay sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Te Ikaamaru Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Te Ikaamaru Bay at 1PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)7s
Afternoon (18 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.3
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.3
N
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.1
NW
0.1
NW
Period(s) (?)777888888999888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)692800674575419292207244217263238203134457653372616106633
Wind
(km/h)
55
NNW
55
NNW
50
NNW
50
NNW
30
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
30
N
30
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
30
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
45
S
55
SSW
55
SSW
20
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
0.98
6:39PM
1.01
7:15AM
0.99
7:36PM
1.05
8:14AM
1.01
8:33PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:03AM
0.37
12:40PM
0.39
1:08AM
0.36
1:38PM
0.37
2:11AM
0.33
2:33PM
0.35
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:56-----
Sunset----5:45-------5:45-------5:43---
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1114993----1--11---10284612-
Temp. °C171717161515151515151616161515131313131312131413
Feels °C (?)77981010991010111010111275435231110
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