The Island (Island Bay) Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.35° S 174.78° E

The Island (Island Bay) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Island (Island Bay) sea temperature is
13.4°C
0.9° 

The Island (Island Bay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Island (Island Bay) today (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Island (Island Bay) at 12AM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (09 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Fri morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Sun morning).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
6
1
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.2
SSW
18
0.4
SSW
17
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
13
0.6
S
13
0.4
SSW
15
1.1
E
5
0.5
S
11
0.3
SSW
15
0.3
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
159
106
50
21
31
101
135
129
116
169
163
156
135
117
71
70
57
47
48
Wind (km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:34PM1.67m
4:05AM1.58m
4:30PM1.64m
5:00AM1.59m
5:24PM1.62m
Low Tide
9:44PM0.56m
10:17AM0.53m
10:41PM0.62m
11:14AM0.57m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
11
11
12
12
12
11
13
15
18
18
14
13
12
13
15
16
16
16
15
Feels °C
6
6
9
10
10
9
11
13
16
16
11
10
10
11
13
14
14
15
12
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