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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 07 Mar 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
15.0° C
(Which is 2.2°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 6AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (07 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)999915151515151515151414141413131367777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3428281621214344767572714168646260999385298280328347
Wind
(km/h)
45
N
40
N
30
N
25
NNE
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
35
N
35
N
40
N
40
N
40
N
45
N
45
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
5
W
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:28PM
1.58
8:51AM
1.56
9:17PM
1.59
9:41AM
1.55
10:03PM
1.59
10:28AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:43AM
0.63
3:08PM
0.69
3:36AM
0.67
3:55PM
0.71
4:27AM
0.70
4:40PM
0.73
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----7:07-------7:07-------7:09---
Sunset-------7:54-------7:53-------7:52
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615141617181616161616161617171716161414131213
Feels °C (?)910101013131412111110101091010101016109756
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