Surf Forecast Surf Report
Lyall Bay surf break

Lyall Bay surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 20 Apr 2025 NZST
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Lyall Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lyall Bay sea temperature is
16.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lyall Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lyall Bay at 3PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s

Table - waves today at Lyall Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.9
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212111167788777777777771010678899111111111314141413131212121214131314181717161514141313121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1514142623882806487958006755954913873433062362001421169686144115231762708664752734883798743663103211421163988694563513416423453460356299257395404304259174116976059294924
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
25
N
15
NNW
15
N
5
NNE
20
S
35
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
15
SSE
35
S
45
S
40
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
0
SE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglassononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
1.50
10:32PM
1.56
10:55AM
1.50
11:17PM
1.57
11:38AM
1.50
12:04AM
1.59
12:25PM
1.52
12:53AM
1.61
1:17PM
1.54
1:46AM
1.64
2:13PM
1.59
2:43AM
1.67
3:12PM
1.65
3:44AM
1.70
4:11PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:20PM
0.70
5:03AM
0.62
5:00PM
0.65
5:41AM
0.59
5:42PM
0.61
6:21AM
0.57
6:26PM
0.58
7:05AM
0.57
7:16PM
0.56
7:55AM
0.57
8:15PM
0.56
8:52AM
0.59
9:20PM
0.56
9:57AM
0.61
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------7:01-------7:03---
Sunset--5:43-------5:40-------5:39-------5:37-------5:37-------5:35-------5:34-------5:32-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C20211918171514131313131313131313131314131313131311121211111010910121312121212131314151414151515151516151515151515151515
Feels °C (?)171818181812866778910101010111212121210613445566710111110109101010111091010999109999910101011
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