South Shore Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.55° S 172.75° E

South Shore, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 5 am 21 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's South Shore sea temperature is
11.3°C
1.8° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for South Shore based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in South Shore right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near South Shore

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Main Road

3 km WSW4 m above sea level

40 minutes ago
Dry
10
light winds from the E
(11 km/h at 90°)
12.4 °C-
-
-
-
-

Clearview

4 km SSW250 m above sea level

43 minutes ago
Dry
15
light winds from the E
(13 km/h at 90°)
14.0 °C-
-
-
-
-

ICaliforniaNTERB76

5 km WNW4 m above sea level

39 minutes ago
Dry
10
light winds from the E
(9 km/h at 90°)
13.1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Godley Head

5 km SE133 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
10
light winds from the NE
(11 km/h at 45°)
11 °C-
-
-
-
-

Lyttelton

6 km S20 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
Dry
20
moderate winds from the E
(22 km/h at 90°)
12.8 °C-
-
-
-
-

New Brighton Pier

6 km NW9 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
No weather report
15
light winds from the E
(15 km/h at 90°)
10.9 °C-
-
-
-
-

Te Awaparahi wx

6 km S243 m above sea level

55 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 236°)
5
16 °C-
-
-
-
0

GSMK

8 km SW168 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (7 kph from 0 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
14.4 °C-
-
-
-
-

CASS_WS1

8 km SSW90 m above sea level

43 minutes ago
No weather report
5
calm
(4 km/h at 180°)
14.9 °C-
-
-
-
-

Christchurch

9 km WSW12 m above sea level

32 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
0
15 °C-
-
-
-
0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to South Shore and within an acceptable time window.

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