The Island (Island Bay) Surf Forecast

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 13 Jul 2025 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 14.3° C
(Which is 2.0°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 7AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 13). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Afternoon (13 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (13 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

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

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	Sunday 13							Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SE	ESE	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	9	11	10	10	10	11	6	7	7	7	7	12	11	8	11	11	11	10	6	7	7	6	6	6	10	7	6	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	166	174	168	206	199	191	152	152	165	183	158	164	175	159	161	200	160	120	147	131	128	132	130	132	144	407	631	559	526	484	456	452	514	506	441	377	850	488	609	636	497	366	271	195	172	104	207	237	206	226	204	223	235	204	201	186	170	152	141	113
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	S	SW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	ENE	ESE	E	E	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	SE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	W	W	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	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	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:33AM 1.46				6:46PM 1.58				7:23AM 1.47				7:39PM 1.58				8:11AM 1.51				8:33PM 1.59				9:00AM 1.55					9:27PM 1.60				9:49AM 1.60				10:20PM 1.62				10:39AM 1.65				11:11PM 1.64				11:31AM 1.70					12:03AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	12:39AM 0.69				12:32PM 0.67				1:29AM 0.65				1:21PM 0.63				2:17AM 0.62				2:14PM 0.60					3:04AM 0.60				3:08PM 0.58				3:52AM 0.58				4:03PM 0.57				4:40AM 0.57				4:59PM 0.56				5:29AM 0.56				5:53PM 0.55					6:18AM 0.55

	Sunday 13							Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	3	10	3	2	4	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	10	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Feels °C (?)	7	7	8	7	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	4	7	5	5	5	8	9	8	7	9	8	6	6	9	6	6	7	8	2	5	1	-2	-2	1	0	2	4	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	7	5	5	5	6	6	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wellington

The light NW left some lump on the swell, even after the wind fell light about 4pm. Just myself out and about shoulder-high waves. It was improving in terms of size and shape but it got too dark to surf. Clear skies and mild temperatures for July.
11 hours 59 minutes ago Delaware Bay Point, 113 km away

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