Frentzes surf break

Frentzes surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
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Frentzes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Frentzes sea temperature is
14.8° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Frentzes today?

The current surf forecast for Frentzes at 11AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
1.3
WSW
0.9
SSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131818181616161514141414131371112161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8861595642538010916916115914716913213012788621672231966498140073385
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
2.09
4:01PM
2.03
4:20AM
1.98
5:10PM
1.91
5:31AM
1.90
6:24PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
0.21
10:13PM
0.46
10:48AM
0.31
11:23PM
0.54
12:01PM
0.38
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--7:33-------7:35-------7:37-----
Sunset-----6:00------5:58-------5:57---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C766810987666101110109910111214141313
Feels °C (?)32257654443887766779101199
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