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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.2°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 7PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
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 (?)
0.6
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)7889910101010101010101015141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)439496124133132143149149118116775536109373563625957565552
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SE
10
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
10
NW
35
NNW
50
NNW
40
NNW
45
NW
45
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
1.46
12:42AM
1.54
1:03PM
1.46
1:27AM
1.55
1:52PM
1.48
2:16AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
0.64
6:19PM
0.67
6:58AM
0.64
7:01PM
0.66
7:39AM
0.65
7:49PM
0.65
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset--5:54-------5:52-------5:52-----
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
139255-------------------
Temp. °C171818171717171718171716161616151616161515151413
Feels °C (?)1618191614171291299101010981099789108
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