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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 23 Jan 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
16.6° C
 (Which is 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 1AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)10ft (3.0m)7s
Afternoon (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
4
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
S
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)101010109788910109999111212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18818815415012563896011801664155514209245885886539841141132413471200107210369871026
Wind
(km/h)
45
NW
45
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
40
SSW
25
SSW
10
WSW
5
E
20
S
20
SSE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
SW
10
S
5
SW
5
NNE
5
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:36PM
1.51
10:01AM
1.56
10:24PM
1.57
10:53AM
1.59
11:12PM
1.62
11:43AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40PM
0.65
3:43AM
0.63
4:27PM
0.63
4:38AM
0.62
5:14PM
0.61
5:32AM
0.60
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-----6:15-------6:16-------6:16--
Sunset-8:50-------8:49-------8:47------
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---249711---------------
Temp. °C181716151412131314151414141516171817151515151718
Feels °C (?)1010101110481113121013121415161716141515151516
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