The Island (Island Bay) Surf Forecast

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 06 Jul 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 14.1° C
(Which is 1.6°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 8PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (06 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	9s
Evening (06 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

Table - waves today at The Island (Island Bay). (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
	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	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	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSE	S	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	10	7	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	300	273	232	202	197	213	195	157	132	104	129	176	331	400	412	327	308	314	233	169	128	108	77	73	66	57	73	127	156	188	179	182	182	134	126	124	100	88	80	80	50	63	97	103	119	94	95	95	101	101	98	96	119	92	90	88	99	90	97	81
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	W	SSW	N	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:28PM 1.58				1:46AM 1.52				2:11PM 1.59				2:32AM 1.51				2:52PM 1.60					3:18AM 1.49				3:35PM 1.60				4:06AM 1.48				4:19PM 1.60				4:54AM 1.46				5:06PM 1.59				5:43AM 1.46				5:55PM 1.58					6:33AM 1.46				6:46PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			7:49PM 0.78				7:52AM 0.79				8:33PM 0.79				8:33AM 0.80					9:18PM 0.80				9:19AM 0.80				10:05PM 0.79				10:07AM 0.78				10:55PM 0.76				10:56AM 0.75				11:47PM 0.73				11:44AM 0.71					12:39AM 0.69				12:32PM 0.67

	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	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	4	1	-	-	1	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	15	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	13	12
Feels °C (?)	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	6	7	7	8	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	11	12	10	10	9	7	5	5	6	6	5	4	8	8	8	6	4	2	1	2	5	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wellington

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.
27 hours 4 minutes ago Delaware Bay (East end), 112 km away

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