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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Wellington Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			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	Airport Rights Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Eastbourne 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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Makara Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	5	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	1.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.2 S
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	13	12	14	11	9	9	10
Energy	3191	3114	1841	1923	3163	5676	2724	1924	1191	726	529	339	163	116	61	76	15	21	13	294	99	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:09PM 0.83	2:20AM 1.59		2:48PM 1.62		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		10:46PM 1.34	7:05AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			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		4:21PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	18	1
High °C	12	12	12	14	14	12	14	14	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	18	18	16	16	16	15	12
Low °C	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	13	13	15	15	16	16	15	16	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	14	14	11	14	14	11	10	11	11	12	13	15	17	17	14	15	16	14	10
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.6 NW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	5	13	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	11	-	12	12	11	11	10	10	-	-	-	5	11	10	10	13	5	14	3	11	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	1.1 NNW	1.4 NNW	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	11	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	8	5	3	6	6	9	-	4

	Wednesday 27							Thursday 28								Friday 29
	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	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington
Rating	2	4	5	5	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S
Period(s)	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	965	2484	3191	3360	3114	2407	2097	1841	1788	1923	1923	2359	3163	4501	5091	5676	4365	3295	2724	2220	1924	1592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:39AM 0.87				2:09PM 0.83				2:20AM 1.59				2:48PM 1.62					3:10AM 1.57				3:48PM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)			7:39AM 0.64				8:15PM 0.66				8:26AM 0.71					9:38PM 0.22				9:14AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	10	11	11	11	14	14	10	11	11	12	10	12	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	11	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	16	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.7 S	1.9 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	17	11	11	11	-	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	18	18	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 27
	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	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Breaker Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	2	4	5	5	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S
Period(s)	11	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	541	965	965	965	2577	2484	2608	2952	3191	3213	3406	3360	3360	3114	3114	2853	2606	2407	2346	2127	2097	2068
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:39AM 0.87												1:59PM 1.61	2:09PM 0.83
Low Tide / height (m)								7:39AM 0.64													8:15PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	17	17	17	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	11	11	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	4	4	4	4	4	4