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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 15 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.1°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 2AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 15). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
S
1.4
SSW
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)1212121111101010999913121110109999899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282827395810294117168225313397123012819276323942561659973372315
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
30
NNW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
WNW
35
W
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
15
W
5
WNW
10
NW
20
NW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NNW
45
NNW
50
NNW
50
NNW
50
NNW
50
N
55
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44PM
1.52
3:10AM
1.60
3:38PM
1.57
4:08AM
1.62
4:34PM
1.63
5:08AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:44PM
0.65
9:21AM
0.68
9:45PM
0.65
10:25AM
0.69
10:50PM
0.64
11:27AM
0.67
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise------6:50-------6:52-------6:54-
Sunset5:50-------5:49-------5:46-------
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C161516161614141616151413121214161616161616171616
Feels °C (?)129888468877910991089877876
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