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Wellington South Coast · New Zealand

Thursday, Sep 24

Where to surf

Lyall Bay8:00 AM–10:00 AM GMT+12

Looks good · Low confidence

5.1–5.3 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 7.6 kt · direction unavailable

Why this spot?
  • Light wind should keep the water smoother.

Wellington South Coast spots

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Wellington South Coast

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Wellington South Coast surf forecast
SpotBreaking surfOutlookBest windowWindTideHourly timeline
Lyall BayS offshore model swell · 5.3 ft @ 8s
UnavailableLooks goodLow confidence8:00 AM–10:00 AMWNW 3.7 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailable

Wellington South Coast

1 spots

Lyall Bay

Unavailable

Offshore swell: S 5.3 ft @ 8s

Looks goodLow confidenceWhen to go8:00 AM–10:00 AM
WindWNW 3.7 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable15.2Unavailable
UUnavailable14.1Unavailable
UUnavailable13Unavailable
UUnavailable10.6Unavailable
UUnavailable7.5Unavailable
UUnavailable5.3Unavailable
UUnavailable5Unavailable
UUnavailable4.1Unavailable
UUnavailable3.7Unavailable
UUnavailable4.6Unavailable
UUnavailable7.6Unavailable
UUnavailable8.4Unavailable
UUnavailable9.8Unavailable
UUnavailable10.7Unavailable
UUnavailable10.6Unavailable
UUnavailable10.2Unavailable
UUnavailable10.1Unavailable
UUnavailable9.5Unavailable
UUnavailable7.8Unavailable
UUnavailable6.4Unavailable
UUnavailable6.7Unavailable
UUnavailable6.8Unavailable
UUnavailable7.8Unavailable
UUnavailable7.7Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Seven-day outlook

DaySurfBest periodWhereWind
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 3.5–21.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 3.5–15 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–13 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1–18.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 6–26 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 2–12.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1–5 kt varying direction
Forecast sources 2/6 current

Coastal waves, offshore swell, and surf height describe different conditions. Source availability does not measure forecast accuracy.

Report or official forecast

MetService New Zealand Surf Forecasts

The checked MetService public marine/surf response exposes an HTML application shell but no stable named-spot payload, timestamp schema, units, or update contract; no forecast is scraped.
UnavailableNo source time

Wave observation

New Zealand Regional Wave Buoy Pages

South Island Waves lists a Lyall Bay device identity, but its checked public list and device response returned no current observation. Wellington Harbour WRIBO and Tory East Head are not substituted for the open south coast.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

NIWA Tide Forecasting API

NIWA tide requests require an API key; no credential bypass is attempted and no station, datum, timezone, or current value is available.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

LINZ Tide Predictions and Sea-Level Data

LINZ is retained as an official tide-table reference, but no spot-specific station, distance, chart datum, timezone, and current response is connected.
UnavailableNo source time

Forecast model

Open-Meteo Marine API

1 of 1 configured model points available
Current