The council stated an analogous occasion in 2021 affected many properties in Breaker Bay, and waves throughout that storm had been about 6.5 metres.
Waves coming into Wellington Harbour on Tuesday had been measured at 11m, New Zealand’s MetService stated.
Wind gusts had been so robust at Island Bay that two ladies had been knocked off their ft as waves washed up over the highway, an AFP journalist noticed.
Some flights had been cancelled at Wellington Airport, the place wind gusts had been recorded of as much as 128kmh.
A small aircraft from native provider Golden Bay Air tipped onto its facet within the wind whereas parked on the airport with nobody aboard.
Airline boss Richard Molloy instructed nationwide broadcaster RNZ that firefighters had secured the aircraft to the bottom.
