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Wavetraps surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Wavetraps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wavetraps sea temperature is
18.3° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wavetraps today?

The current surf forecast for Wavetraps at 11AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (10 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s

Table - waves today at Wavetraps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
1.1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
W
1.5
WNW
1.6
W
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
2.1
NW
3
NW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)1611151514891010689101111111111121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2383312922844292764122942503289822210366941603675385527672161121112311180961804694
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
10
NE
20
N
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
15
W
20
W
45
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:32AM
2.86
4:58PM
2.86
5:23AM
2.75
5:54PM
2.76
6:20AM
2.68
6:54PM
2.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:42AM
1.16
11:13PM
1.20
11:36AM
1.30
12:06AM
1.32
12:37PM
1.39
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-6:09-------6:11-------6:11------
Sunset-----9:14-------9:13-------9:13--
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rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-2--111122369141141-------
Temp. °C141316181818181818181818181616131414151616161413
Feels °C (?)141113161717171615141313131514598101111121111
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