The Island (Island Bay) Surf Forecast

/ Wellington (17 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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 14.2° C
(Which is 1.6°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 3AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (16 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

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		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	5	6	7	12	10	9	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	12	12	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	51	34	34	22	22	23	30	161	209	163	213	468	289	147	96	51	50	49	48	47	52	48	46	42
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:08AM 1.61				1:36PM 1.70				2:03AM 1.57				2:28PM 1.65				2:58AM 1.54				3:19PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	7:04PM 0.48				7:21AM 0.51				7:53PM 0.52				8:13AM 0.54				8:40PM 0.57				9:06AM 0.58

		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	13	12	15	16	17	10	11	10	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	15	15
Feels °C (?)	9	9	7	6	8	11	14	2	7	7	6	5	6	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	5	6	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wellington

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Island (Island Bay) (light winds from the NNE at Wellington International Airport 4 km from The Island (Island Bay)). 0.5m 9s swell from the S with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the SE and a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 20 minutes ago The Island (Island Bay)

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