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Charleston surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Charleston surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Charleston sea temperature is
15.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Charleston today?

The current surf forecast for Charleston at 1PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (20 Nov)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (20 Nov)7ft (2.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
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
3
3
1
1
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131314141313131313131415151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)225324802233196017771750160514901558141913981377137713561356135615921682170513401303128512851172
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassonglasscross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
2.67
11:40PM
2.64
11:57AM
2.68
12:16AM
2.63
12:33PM
2.66
12:53AM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
0.40
5:33PM
0.39
5:49AM
0.41
6:10PM
0.40
6:25AM
0.44
6:47PM
0.43
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:00-------5:58-------5:58------
Sunset-----8:38-------8:39-------8:40--
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------------------121-
Temp. °C151516171717151514141717171714141314161615141414
Feels °C (?)141314141414131312131615151613131214161616141312
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