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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 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
17.4° 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 1AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.8
SSW
2
S
1.8
SSW
1.6
S
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)99910131211101099999915159999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16819231340510921175778530328207127997137242122914814141414
Wind
(km/h)
40
WNW
35
W
30
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
25
NW
40
NW
40
NW
45
NW
45
NW
50
NNW
55
NNW
50
NNW
45
NNW
50
NNW
45
N
35
NNW
55
NNW
50
N
40
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
1.57
4:08AM
1.62
4:34PM
1.63
5:08AM
1.65
5:32PM
1.70
6:08AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
0.65
10:25AM
0.69
10:50PM
0.64
11:27AM
0.67
11:55PM
0.61
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:52-------6:54-------6:54-
Sunset5:49-------5:46-------5:45-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------134510471-11
Temp. °C161514141313141616161616161616161615171616151516
Feels °C (?)77711109988887779899889101213
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