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 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Island (Island Bay) sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.8° 

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 (29 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Island (Island Bay) at 10AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 29). 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 (29 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (29 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (29 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Thu morning, calm by Sat night).

Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
12
2.3
SSW
6
3
SSW
8
3
S
9
3
S
11
3.5
S
10
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
11
2.2
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
104
222
123
121
116
160
160
213
289
336
317
367
531
343
371
1236
1469
2197
2386
2213
1736
1405
1301
Wind (km/h)
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
20
WNW
15
WSW
25
WNW
40
WNW
30
WSW
5
SSE
20
NNW
35
WNW
30
W
35
S
50
S
40
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
20
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
NE
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
High Tide
7:56AM1.79m
8:35PM1.67m
8:51AM1.82m
9:30PM1.68m
9:46AM1.83m
Low Tide
1:52AM0.65m
2:30PM0.58m
2:45AM0.59m
3:27PM0.53m
3:38AM0.54m
4:22PM0.48m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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light rain
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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6:11
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6:09
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7:57
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7:58
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1
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Temp °C
13
13
14
15
15
13
12
11
11
9
12
12
15
11
9
9
9
9
10
10
11
11
10
Feels °C
3
3
4
6
10
9
6
2
4
7
7
4
8
4
-1
0
1
1
3
4
7
8
7
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