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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Wellington Wavefinder

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	Thu	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	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	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	4	4	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 NW	1.1 S	1.4 S	0.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period(s)	11	11	9	13	12	9	13	14	13	18	14	14	13	12	12	12	15	14	13	12	14	15
Energy	30	61	68	240	207	61	435	773	74	1638	1274	1094	850	667	563	509	425	640	525	309	508	647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:56PM 1.80	10:25AM 1.68	3:00PM 1.16	11:09PM 1.03	11:35AM 0.89	4:02PM 1.13	11:48PM 1.70		12:27PM 0.87	12:40AM 1.66		1:19PM 0.84	1:30AM 1.62		1:59PM 1.61	2:20AM 1.59		2:48PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		7:45AM 0.34	3:43PM 0.46		4:25AM 0.45			5:40AM 0.01			6:05AM 0.51		6:29PM 0.55	6:53AM 0.57		7:22PM 0.60	7:39AM 0.64		8:15PM 0.66	8:26AM 0.71		9:06PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	16
Low °C	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	14	11	11	12	12	13	12	11	12	13	14	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	10	13	11	12	13	13	11	10	11	10	13	11	11	10	10	11	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.5 NW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 NW	1.1 S	1.4 S	0.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	11	7	5	13	12	9	13	14	13	18	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	14	13	12	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	-	0.1 SE	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	4	9	11	4	12	11	11	17	11	19	10	16	5	5	13	15	10	11	-	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.5 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	5	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	-	3	10	3	5	4	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4

	Thu	Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	12	11	5	7	11	10	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	13	15	15	14	14
Energy	33	30	73	65	61	49	68	88	174	240	265	225	207	194	61	196	248	435	791	840	773	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:58PM 1.85		1:35AM 1.65			9:32AM 1.70				9:56PM 1.80				10:25AM 1.68	3:00PM 1.16			11:09PM 1.03				11:18AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)					7:45AM 0.34			3:43PM 0.46				4:25AM 0.45				4:39PM 0.47				5:40AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	13	12	13	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	13	11	13	13	11	9	10	11	12	13	10	10	11	12	10	9	9	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	5	7	7	5	5	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	13	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	4	10	9	5	13	11	11	11	4	4	12	9	14	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	5	-	4	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

	Thursday 21					Friday 22
	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Makara Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	11	11	5	10	9	9	9	9
Energy	20	33	33	32	31	30	76	76	73	67	67	65	56	78	61	60	38	49	43	55	68	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:58PM 1.85					1:21AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)														7:45AM 0.34								3:43PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	4	4	4	10	10	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-