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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 02 Mar 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average 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 11AM is: 5.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)16ft (5.0m)10s
Afternoon (02 Mar)16ft (5.0m)10s
Evening (02 Mar)15ft (4.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
4
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
Period(s) (?)7910101010109999998991111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9162704465749904259380637243034277024412281233419981945167615621450992735725604498441356
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
50
S
50
S
45
S
45
S
45
S
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
1.70
4:54PM
1.55
5:16AM
1.67
5:49PM
1.55
6:11AM
1.64
6:43PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
0.55
11:01PM
0.50
11:35AM
0.59
11:58PM
0.52
12:34PM
0.62
12:54AM
0.55
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise--7:01-------7:03-------7:03-----
Sunset-----8:02-------8:01-------8:00--
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1112211123221-----------
Temp. °C101110111112111110111112121313121313131415141313
Feels °C (?)0-1-200211011334457891114131110
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