Eddies South Shore Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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Eddies South Shore surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 NZDT

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Eddies South Shore surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Eddies South Shore sea temperature is 12.2° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Eddies South Shore today?

The current surf forecast for Eddies South Shore at 7AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	5s
Evening (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	5s

Table - waves today at Eddies South Shore. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 17							Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Mon 20
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	S	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	S	NNE	E	E	NE	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	ENE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	18	5	5	5	7	7	16	4	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	16	15	7	7	15	17	53	33	24	80	35	17	8	13	7	13	20	19	39	79	46	39	8	5
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	W	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	WSW	WNW	W	W	W	SW	SSW	SW	WSW	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:39AM 2.19				2:08PM 2.22				2:31AM 2.15				2:58PM 2.18				3:22AM 2.13				3:47PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)			7:50AM 0.52				8:23PM 0.54				8:43AM 0.55				9:11PM 0.56				9:37AM 0.58				9:58PM 0.58

	Friday 17							Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Mon 20
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	4	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	9	11	13	12	11	10	9	13	15	16	18	16	10	10	10	9	11	11	10	9	8	8
Feels °C (?)	5	4	5	8	10	10	10	7	4	8	12	10	14	14	8	9	8	7	9	6	4	5	6	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Eddies South Shore (moderate winds from the NNE at Taylor's Mistake 3 km from Eddies South Shore). 0.9m 9s swell from the ESE with a 0.5m 3s local chop from the NNE and a 0.4m 8s swell from the S as well as a 0.3m 18s long period groundswell from the SSE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 11 minutes ago Eddies South Shore

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1 h 11 min ago

26 km/h

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Cross-Shore

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