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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.8°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 7AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
1.7
SSE
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)7777714131312111010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)721903784432277308355466347242206158242212212254121177138136104787856
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
45
S
40
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
30
N
35
N
40
N
40
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07PM
1.58
7:28AM
1.69
8:02PM
1.58
8:24AM
1.65
8:56PM
1.59
9:19AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
0.49
1:57PM
0.57
2:10AM
0.52
2:50PM
0.59
3:06AM
0.56
3:40PM
0.61
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:28-------6:30-------6:31----
Sunset-------8:38-------8:37-------8:37
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1031---------------------
Temp. °C131313141515151514131212151718171615161617192019
Feels °C (?)5568101111121212101014141413119101012141615
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