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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	Wed		Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Propellers 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	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.9 NW	0.4 NW	2.0 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s)	13	12	14	12	11	11	10	9	9	12	10	9	13	12	11	7	17	9	9	10	11	14
Energy	2021	959	877	970	495	256	168	88	78	161	140	108	104	118	115	330	116	661	357	311	285	756
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off	glass	on	on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		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		10:12PM 1.82	5:22AM 1.70	5:41PM 1.89		6:21AM 1.70
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	4:02PM 0.16		11:30AM 0.54		12:15AM 0.51		12:28PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	14	15	15	15	12	11	13	13	12	12
Low °C	11	9	9	11	9	10	11	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	12	8	9	12	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	9	12	13	13	14	11	8	10	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.7 NW	2.0 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 S
Period (s)	13	10	10	12	11	11	10	5	9	12	10	9	9	12	11	20	6	9	9	10	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	12	14	10	15	15	16	9	5	6	15	14	13	10	13	11	17	11	16	13	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 S	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	1.2 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	3	4	-	4	5	6	6	7	-	-	3	4	-	-

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	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	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	The Island (Island 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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s)	13	11	12	12	11	10	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	2021	1835	1140	959	697	840	877	774	970	814	715	495	413	326	256	239	168	148	152	88	80	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	on	on	on	on	on	glass	off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:06PM 1.57				12:33AM 1.60				12:57PM 1.63				1:25AM 1.63				1:51PM 1.70				2:22AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)			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	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	6	8	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	11	12	10	9	10	10	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 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	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	10	10	12	11	10	14	13	10	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	4	4	5	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10	Thursday 11
	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	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	The Island (Island 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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	13
Energy	2561	2175	2021	1866	2085	1835	1835	1140	1140	1140	959	959	822	781	697	736	776	840	840	877	877	873
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													12:33AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)							6:12PM 0.66												6:46AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-