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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	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Eastbourne Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Wainuiomata Reefs Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	4	4	2	1	0	2	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.0 NW	0.7 S
Period(s)	10	9	13	13	13	3	7	9	13	12	11	13	14	16	18	15	14	13	12	12	9	11
Energy	26	16	14	24	16	20	79	51	232	256	188	413	571	1354	1992	1246	974	925	591	553	187	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:00PM 1.88	8:38AM 1.71		8:58PM 1.85			9:56PM 1.80	10:25AM 1.68		10:53PM 1.75	11:18AM 1.65		11:48PM 1.70		12:12PM 1.63	12:40AM 1.66		1:06PM 1.61	6:11PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 0.50	2:37AM 0.46		2:46PM 0.47		7:45AM 0.34	3:43PM 0.46		4:25AM 0.45	4:39PM 0.47		5:16AM 0.47	5:35PM 0.50		6:30AM 0.05		6:29PM 0.55	6:53AM 0.57		12:23AM 0.41	7:39AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	7
High °C	12	13	14	13	14	15	12	12	14	13	12	12	13	15	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	13
Low °C	11	12	13	13	14	11	11	12	13	12	12	11	12	14	11	12	14	14	15	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	10	11	13	11	11	12	13	11	11	12	15	12	10	12	13	13	13	12	13
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.0 NW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	9	13	13	13	6	7	5	13	12	11	13	14	16	18	15	14	13	12	12	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NW	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	4	9	11	11	16	11	10	10	17	10	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NNW	1.9 NW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	-	0.4 SE	-	0.6 NE	1.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.0 NNE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	3	-	-	4	4	4	-	3	-	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	3

	Wednesday 20							Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	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	Lyall Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Paekakariki Wellington	Mana Island Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 SW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.8 S
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	3	7	7	7	5	9	9
Energy	41	40	26	24	16	16	14	14	14	10	24	22	16	14	23	20	152	105	79	44	51	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off
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	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:42AM 1.72				8:00PM 1.88				8:38AM 1.71				8:58PM 1.85		1:35AM 1.65			9:32AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	1:39AM 0.50				1:50PM 0.50				2:37AM 0.46				2:46PM 0.47						7:45AM 0.34			3:43PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	13	13	12	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	6	8	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	11	13	12	10	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	6	7	7	7	5	5	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	18	12	12	13	12	10	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.7 SW	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 20
	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	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period(s)	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	37	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	26	25	25	24	24	24	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								7:42AM 1.72												8:00PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		1:39AM 0.50												1:50PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	7	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6