Wellington Surf

Detailed Wellington surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Wellington. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Wellington. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Wellington over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Wellington and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Wellington Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Wellington Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Wellington coastline are also listed below.

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	Tue	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Titahi Bay Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Breaker Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	3	4	1	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	2.0 S	1.8 S
Period(s)	8	10	9	13	13	13	7	7	10	13	13	12	13	14	14	17	15	14	13	12	12	7
Energy	37	26	16	14	24	16	201	65	145	360	424	295	359	739	646	1526	847	728	836	594	1638	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:42AM 1.72		8:00PM 1.88	8:38AM 1.71		1:21AM 1.32			9:56PM 1.80	10:25AM 1.68		11:09PM 1.03	11:18AM 1.65		11:48PM 1.70		12:12PM 1.63	12:40AM 1.66		1:06PM 1.61	1:30AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	1:39AM 0.50		1:50PM 0.50	2:37AM 0.46		2:46PM 0.47	7:04PM 0.31	7:45AM 0.34	3:43PM 0.46		4:25AM 0.45	4:39PM 0.47		5:16AM 0.47	5:35PM 0.50		6:05AM 0.51		6:29PM 0.55	6:53AM 0.57		7:22PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	16	5
High °C	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	11	12	14	13	12	12	13	14	12	13	14	15	14	9	10
Low °C	11	12	12	13	13	14	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	11	12	14	14	14	8	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	13	11	11	12	14	11	10	11	13	12	5	5
Sunrise	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	10	9	13	13	13	7	7	10	13	13	12	13	14	14	17	15	14	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	14	13	13	12	14	11	5	11	4	9	5	10	12	11	11	11	16	4	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	2.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.4 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	-	0.8 NE	1.0 NNW	1.4 NW	0.9 NNW	-	2.0 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	4	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	6	3	4	3	5	-	-	4	4	5	4	-	12	7

	Tue	Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Titahi Bay Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	7	7	7	5
Energy	51	37	31	40	26	24	16	16	14	14	14	10	24	22	16	14	20	201	134	82	65	102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:03PM 1.89				7:42AM 1.72				8:00PM 1.88				8:38AM 1.71				8:58PM 1.85		1:35AM 1.65			9:32AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			1:39AM 0.50				1:50PM 0.50				2:37AM 0.46				2:46PM 0.47						7:45AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	13	13	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	12	13	9	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	7	7	7	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	11	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.9 SE
Period (s)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	4	5	-	5

	Tuesday 19	Wednesday 20
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period(s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	55	54	51	51	38	37	37	31	31	34	37	40	40	39	26	25	25	24	24	16	16	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:03PM 1.89												7:42AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)								1:39AM 0.50												1:50PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6