Battery Bay Beach

Wellington, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 5:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Waist-high (1 m) at 10 s, heading toward N, with strong cross-shore wind toward NNE.

Swell

1 m

N

10 s

Wind

27 km/h

NNE

Cross-shore

Tide

0.6 m

Rising

Weather

8 °C

Drizzle

14 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

1.1 m · 10 s

N

28 km/h · 66 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.3 m

Overcast · 13 °C

1 AM

Fair

1.1 m · 10 s

N

26 km/h · 59 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.2 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

2 AM

Fair

1.1 m · 10 s

N

26 km/h · 54 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

3 AM

Fair

1 m · 10 s

N

29 km/h · 58 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

4 AM

Fair

1 m · 10 s

N

25 km/h · 59 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

0.7 m

Clear · 12 °C

5 AM

Fair

1 m · 10 s

N

27 km/h · 58 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Drizzle · 8 °C

6 AM

Fair

1 m · 10 s

N

23 km/h · 55 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Showers · 8 °C

7 AM

Fair

1.1 m · 9 s

N

20 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Partly cloudy · 9 °C

8 AM

Good

1.2 m · 8 s

N

11 km/h · 41 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Clear · 10 °C

9 AM

Good

1.3 m · 7 s

N

11 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.1 m

Clear · 11 °C

10 AM

Good

1.4 m · 7 s

N

10 km/h · 37 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.2 m

Clear · 12 °C

11 AM

Good

1.5 m · 7 s

N

14 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.3 m

Clear · 13 °C

12 PM

Poor

1.6 m · 7 s

N

16 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Clear · 13 °C

1 PM

Poor

2 m · 7 s

N

18 km/h · 42 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Clear · 13 °C

2 PM

Poor

2.3 m · 8 s

N

23 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

3 PM

Fair

2.6 m · 8 s

N

23 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Clear · 12 °C

4 PM

Fair

2.9 m · 9 s

N

22 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Clear · 12 °C

5 PM

Fair

3.2 m · 9 s

N

22 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

0.3 m

Clear · 11 °C

6 PM

Poor

3.5 m · 9 s

N

21 km/h · 48 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.3 m

Clear · 10 °C

7 PM

Poor

3.7 m · 9 s

N

22 km/h · 48 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

0.4 m

Clear · 10 °C

8 PM

Poor

3.9 m · 9 s

N

18 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Clear · 9 °C

9 PM

Poor

4.1 m · 9 s

N

15 km/h · 36 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

0.7 m

Clear · 9 °C

10 PM

Poor

3.9 m · 9 s

N

12 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Mostly clear · 9 °C

11 PM

Fair

3.8 m · 9 s

N

6 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

1 m

Clear · 8 °C

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