Lyall Bay

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Lyall Bay
Full moon over the bay.
Local Authority	Wellington City
Characteristics:
Airports	Wellington International Airport
Surrounded by:
North	Kilbirnie
North-east	Rongotai
East	Rongotai
South-east	Moa Point
South	Cook Strait
West	Melrose
North-west	Kilbirnie

Lyall Bay is a bay and a suburb on the south side of the Rongotai isthmus in Wellington, New Zealand.

The bay is a popular surf beach, featuring a breakwater at the eastern end. It has also been the site of surf lifesaving championships. Although local families do swim at the beach it is one of Wellington's less popular swimming beaches as it is very exposed to cold southerly winds. In the 1980s and into the 1990s Lyall Bay suffered pollution from a sewage outlet at Moa Point at the eastern edge of the bay. However a sewage treatment plant has been built and the problem rectified.

The suburb consists of most of the southern half of the Rongotai isthmus, although Wellington International Airport and a small industrial area next to it are often considered to be part of Rongotai. Lyall Bay is predominantly a residential area, but also contains a part of Wellington's Southern Walkway, and the Southern Headlands Reserve. The south-western border has Te Raekaihau Point as the dividing landform to Houghton Bay. The suburb has few amenities, and is serviced by nearby Kilbirnie. However, there is a primary school, Lyall Bay Primary School, and a small range of shops and cafes, mostly along the waterfront. Lyall Bay is home to Fat Freddys Drop, a popular Wellington band.