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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	Thu		Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	3	4	4	1	0	3	3	2	1	3	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period(s)	13	11	11	9	13	12	12	13	14	14	18	14	14	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	13	14
Energy	16	31	60	68	290	202	196	300	685	557	1800	1278	1063	811	678	563	385	451	558	544	421	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:58PM 1.85			9:56PM 1.80	10:25AM 1.68		11:09PM 1.03	11:18AM 1.65		11:48PM 1.70		12:27PM 0.87	12:40AM 1.66		1:06PM 1.61	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	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	7:39AM 0.64		8:15PM 0.66	8:26AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	14	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	14	16
Low °C	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	10	13	11	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	12	13	10	10	11	14	10	10	10	10	13	13	12	11	11	12	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.5 NW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	13	11	7	5	13	12	12	13	14	14	18	14	14	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.6 NW	0.2 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	4	9	4	4	9	11	11	11	11	19	10	16	6	5	12	11	10	11	4	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.8 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.7 NW	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	10	4	5	5	-	-	4	4	4	-	-

	Thursday 21			Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay 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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	1.0 NW	0.6 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	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period(s)	13	12	12	11	6	7	11	10	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	15	15
Energy	16	14	20	31	75	56	60	50	68	89	174	290	268	232	202	256	196	168	190	300	619	735
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:58PM 1.85		1:35AM 1.65			9:32AM 1.70				9:56PM 1.80				10:25AM 1.68				11:09PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	2:46PM 0.47						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	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	11	10	10	12	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	1.0 NW	0.6 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	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	6	7	7	5	5	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	4	10	9	5	13	4	11	11	4	9	9	9	14	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SE	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	4	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	-	4

	Thursday 21											Friday 22
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Mana Island Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	11	5
Energy	22	16	16	15	15	14	20	20	20	32	31	31	31	78	75	69	69	56	56	77	60	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									8:58PM 1.85					1:21AM 1.32								9:32AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			2:46PM 0.47																	7:45AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	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	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	4	4	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	5