The Pa surf break

The Pa surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 12 Apr 2026 NZST
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The Pa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Pa sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Pa today?

The current surf forecast for The Pa at 9PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)--
Afternoon (12 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
NNW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.2
NNW
2.4
NW
3
NW
2
NW
2.3
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.5
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
Period(s) (?)13441488677666667666766778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161629197541032331437355273240296293302315247278352403278230192132111
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
NNW
35
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
20
WNW
10
WSW
5
SE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
offcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
1.05
6:03AM
1.14
6:34PM
1.12
6:52AM
1.21
7:23PM
1.20
7:35AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.46
12:27PM
0.40
12:46AM
0.37
1:14PM
0.30
1:32AM
0.28
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-
Sunset5:54-------5:52-------5:52-------
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
12255---1----1-------1----
Temp. °C181817171717171717161616151516161615151414131416
Feels °C (?)19161415111212121211121199109999810101214
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