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Charleston surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 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
18.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Charleston today?

The current surf forecast for Charleston at 12PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (08 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
W
Period(s) (?)111111101010101112121313131212121212111514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24722221821020229830440140544752240877895692590981469856658056589911271585
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
5
SW
0
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:51AM
2.69
3:10PM
2.76
3:37AM
2.55
3:56PM
2.59
4:24AM
2.41
4:45PM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
0.31
9:28PM
0.31
9:45AM
0.45
10:15PM
0.47
10:34AM
0.61
11:03PM
0.63
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-6:07-------6:09-------6:09------
Sunset-----9:12-------9:10-------9:10--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------121-------1111
Temp. °C151518191918171617171718191917161616171819191818
Feels °C (?)141417171616151518161719191817141614161820191716
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