The Island (Island Bay) Surf Forecast

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Surf Forecasts:

The Island (Island Bay) surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 08 Sep 2025 NZST

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The Island (Island Bay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Island (Island Bay) sea temperature is 13.1° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Island (Island Bay) today?

The current surf forecast for The Island (Island Bay) at 5AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 08). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (09 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s

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

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		Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	15	6	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	496	382	344	313	329	282	269	176	162	126	93	85	60	39	36	24	32	353	646	936	321	330	359	344
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	SSW	SSW	WSW	S	S	SE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)				5:30AM 1.54				5:57PM 1.63					6:27AM 1.60				6:58PM 1.65				7:24AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 0.64				11:38AM 0.57					12:27AM 0.62				12:40PM 0.56				1:23AM 0.60				1:43PM 0.54

		Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	8	8	7	9	10	10	9
Feels °C (?)	5	3	2	1	2	2	1	-1	1	3	4	6	6	5	3	2	1	-2	2	4	6	6	7	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wellington

Wind Update Cross-shore wind at The Island (Island Bay) have swung cross-off (moderate winds from the NNE at Wellington Airport 3 km from The Island (Island Bay)). 1.1m 10s swell from the S with a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
40 minutes ago The Island (Island Bay)
Wind Update Cross-off wind 1 km from Lyall Bay has swung offshore (moderate winds from the NNE at Wellington Airport). 1.1m 10s swell from the S with a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
40 minutes ago Lyall Bay

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Actual: 40 min ago

20 km/h

NNE

Cross-Off

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