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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
15.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average 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 1PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (03 Feb)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (03 Feb)10ft (3.0m)7s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
S
1.7
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.4
S
2.1
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)6666778888714131312111010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13620521222645374211641368982645491328355402347242206158242252208249121167
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
35
S
40
S
45
S
45
S
40
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
E
10
ENE
5
N
10
NW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
35
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:31AM
1.73
7:07PM
1.58
7:28AM
1.69
8:02PM
1.58
8:24AM
1.65
8:56PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.56
1:14AM
0.49
1:57PM
0.57
2:10AM
0.52
2:50PM
0.59
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset-----8:39-------8:38-------8:37--
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--293247----------------
Temp. °C151515151414131313131414151513131111151718171515
Feels °C (?)111111118855679101112101110914151513109
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