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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 15 Nov 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
14.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at The Island (Island Bay) today?

The current surf forecast for The Island (Island Bay) at 3AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 15). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Nov)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (15 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (15 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.6
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)9101010566777788998887710101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17191817194047725957567676101138966729181019182221
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
45
NW
45
NW
30
WNW
15
S
15
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
0
N
10
NW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
30
NNW
25
N
35
N
35
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:41AM
1.58
2:05PM
1.62
2:33AM
1.56
2:54PM
1.58
3:23AM
1.56
3:42PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
0.55
7:54AM
0.59
8:16PM
0.61
8:46AM
0.64
9:01PM
0.68
9:37AM
0.70
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Sunrise---5:52-------5:52-------5:50----
Sunset-------8:17-------8:19-------8:20
clear
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C151515141214161513121111131415141212111214151616
Feels °C (?)877781091011989121112107665791112
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