Wellington Surf

Wellington Surf Forecast

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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	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington
Rating	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 NW	1.9 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	12	14	12	11	11	10	5	21	20	15	14	13	12	11	11	7	8	8	10	7
Energy	3777	2021	885	894	970	512	258	171	107	89	187	153	152	162	145	99	80	130	510	235	244	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	on	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:28PM 0.79	12:33AM 1.60		12:57PM 1.63	1:25AM 1.63		1:51PM 1.70	2:22AM 1.66		2:47PM 1.77		3:22AM 1.68	3:44PM 1.83		4:23AM 1.69	4:42PM 1.87	10:12PM 1.82	5:22AM 1.70	5:41PM 1.89		11:28AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			6:12PM 0.66	6:46AM 0.64		7:06PM 0.65	7:34AM 0.64		8:03PM 0.63	8:28AM 0.64		9:04PM 0.61	9:28AM 0.62		10:07PM 0.58	10:30AM 0.58			11:30AM 0.54		12:15AM 0.51	5:19AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	14	14	15	14	12	11	11	11	12
Low °C	11	11	9	9	11	9	10	11	9	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	12	9	9	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	8	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	8	8	10
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 NW	1.9 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	12	11	11	10	5	6	9	10	9	13	12	11	11	7	8	8	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.4 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	12	14	10	15	15	16	9	9	20	15	14	9	16	12	7	18	11	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 S	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	4	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	-	3	3	-

	Wednesday 10					Thursday 11								Friday 12								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington
Rating	1	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	11	12	12	9	10	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	5	5
Energy	3777	2747	2021	1786	1052	885	708	791	894	774	970	814	636	512	413	325	258	199	171	355	140	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	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-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:28PM 0.79				12:33AM 1.60				12:57PM 1.63				1:25AM 1.63				1:51PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	6:30AM 0.15				6:12PM 0.66				6:46AM 0.64				7:06PM 0.65				7:34AM 0.64				8:03PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	8	7	8	9	9	8	7	7	8	10	9	9	9	9	10
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.6 S	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	11	12	10	9	10	10	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	15	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	12	11	10	14	13	10	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	2	4	10	5	-

	Wednesday 10	Thursday 11
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	1	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.2 S
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	11
Energy	4839	4192	3777	3283	3032	2747	2561	2175	2021	1866	2036	1786	1786	1052	1052	1052	885	885	822	781	708	736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:28PM 0.79												12:33AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	6:01AM 0.65												6:12PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-