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Hātaitai Beach

Wellington, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Gravel

Right now

Conditions at 4:00 PM New Zealand Standard Time.

Good

Ankle-high (0.6 m) at 8 s, heading toward N, with moderate cross-offshore wind toward S.

Swell

0.6 m

8 s

Wind

16 km/h

Cross-offshore

Tide

0.3 m

Rising

Weather

13 °C

Clear

14 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Friday, September 18, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Poor	0.9 m · 5 s	NNE	18 km/h · 45 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	0.8 m	Overcast · 9 °C
1 AM	Poor	0.9 m · 5 s	N	17 km/h · 36 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	0.7 m	Overcast · 9 °C
2 AM	Poor	0.8 m · 5 s	N	16 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	0.5 m	Overcast · 10 °C
3 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 6 s	N	11 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	NW Onshore	0.4 m	Partly cloudy · 10 °C
4 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 7 s	N	9 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	0.4 m	Overcast · 10 °C
5 AM	Fair	0.6 m · 9 s	N	9 km/h · 20 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	0.4 m	Clear · 10 °C
6 AM	Good	0.6 m · 10 s	N	3 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	N Onshore	0.6 m	Clear · 9 °C
7 AM	Good	0.6 m · 11 s	N	3 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	NNE Onshore	0.8 m	Clear · 9 °C
8 AM	Good	0.6 m · 10 s	NNW	4 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	SSW Offshore	1 m	Clear · 11 °C
9 AM	Good	0.6 m · 10 s	NW	11 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	S Offshore	1.1 m	Clear · 11 °C
10 AM	Good	0.6 m · 9 s	NNW	15 km/h · 35 km/h gusts	SSE Offshore	1.1 m	Clear · 12 °C
11 AM	Good	0.6 m · 8 s	N	19 km/h · 43 km/h gusts	SSE Offshore	1.1 m	Clear · 13 °C
12 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 7 s	N	18 km/h · 43 km/h gusts	SSE Offshore	0.9 m	Mostly clear · 13 °C
1 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 7 s	N	21 km/h · 46 km/h gusts	S Offshore	0.8 m	Overcast · 13 °C
2 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 8 s	N	22 km/h · 49 km/h gusts	S Offshore	0.6 m	Mostly clear · 13 °C
3 PM	Good	0.6 m · 8 s	N	19 km/h · 47 km/h gusts	S Offshore	0.4 m	Clear · 13 °C
4 PM	Good	0.6 m · 8 s	N	16 km/h · 41 km/h gusts	S Offshore	0.3 m	Clear · 13 °C
5 PM	Good	0.6 m · 9 s	NNW	13 km/h · 35 km/h gusts	S Offshore	0.4 m	Clear · 13 °C
6 PM	Good	0.6 m · 9 s	NW	7 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	S Offshore	0.5 m	Clear · 11 °C
7 PM	Good	0.6 m · 9 s	NNW	6 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	S Offshore	0.7 m	Clear · 10 °C
8 PM	Good	0.7 m · 9 s	N	7 km/h · 15 km/h gusts	SSW Offshore	0.8 m	Clear · 10 °C
9 PM	Good	0.7 m · 9 s	N	5 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	SSW Offshore	1 m	Clear · 10 °C
10 PM	Good	0.7 m · 9 s	N	5 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	SSW Offshore	1.1 m	Clear · 10 °C
11 PM	Good	0.7 m · 10 s	NNE	6 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	S Offshore	1.1 m	Clear · 10 °C