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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 14 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
17.6° C
(Which is 2.1°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 5AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
3
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.9
SSW
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
2
S
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)131313121251212121111101010999101312111099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57575531294628282739581029611613919223038413361036611394256169
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
S
5
SSW
20
NNW
35
NNW
45
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
25
W
5
S
5
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
40
NNW
40
NW
45
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
1.57
2:44PM
1.52
3:10AM
1.60
3:38PM
1.57
4:08AM
1.62
4:34PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
0.65
8:25AM
0.66
8:44PM
0.65
9:21AM
0.68
9:45PM
0.65
10:25AM
0.69
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:52---
Sunset------5:50-------5:49-------5:46-
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151514141415161516161614141516151413121315161616
Feels °C (?)8891012131288895567781110910998
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