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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	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights 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
Rating	1	0	1	5	5	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.3 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period(s)	6	12	11	15	15	14	13	14	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	13	12	12	14	13
Energy	128	476	659	3191	3114	1841	1710	2681	5972	2724	1897	1210	819	596	399	218	164	182	63	32	24	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:06PM 1.61	1:39AM 0.87		1:59PM 1.61	2:20AM 1.59		2:59PM 0.82		3:10AM 1.57	3:35PM 1.62		3:58AM 1.54	4:21PM 1.62		4:46AM 1.52	5:06PM 1.61		5:32AM 1.51	5:50PM 1.60		6:19AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	11:55AM 0.39		7:38PM 0.14	7:39AM 0.64		8:15PM 0.66	8:26AM 0.71		9:38PM 0.22	9:14AM 0.77		9:56PM 0.76	10:03AM 0.81		10:45PM 0.80	10:52AM 0.83		11:34PM 0.82	11:38AM 0.83		12:23AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	13	11	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	14	14	14	15	17	17	18
Low °C	13	12	10	11	12	11	13	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	14	13	14	15	14	18
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	11	10	10	14	12	10	12	13	11	12	12	10	12	12	13	14	17	16	17
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.3 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	12	11	15	15	14	13	14	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	13	12	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	1.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	12	5	15	11	11	12	12	17	11	10	10	10	-	-	4	9	9	10	9	12	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	2	3	-	-	3

	Tuesday 26							Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	The Island (Island 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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington
Rating	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.1 NW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.3 S
Period(s)	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	11	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14
Energy	595	575	128	565	476	605	574	659	917	2462	3191	3360	3114	2606	2097	1841	1632	1609	1710	1866	2681	3866
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	12:40AM 1.66				1:06PM 1.61				1:30AM 1.62				1:59PM 1.61				2:20AM 1.59				2:59PM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)							7:22PM 0.60				7:39AM 0.64				8:15PM 0.66				8:26AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	10	11	10	11	10	10	8	8	10	10	12	14	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.1 NW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.6 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.7 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	1.3 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	10	5	12	5	5	11	11	15	17	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	17	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NNW	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	4	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Paekakariki 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	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	629	619	595	585	584	575	566	566	128	104	54	565	559	484	476	476	481	605	605	556	574	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:40AM 1.66													1:06PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)							6:53AM 0.57													7:22PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	12	13	16	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	18	18	10	10	5	5	5	5	12	12	12	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5