Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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Larsen Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Larsen Street sea temperature is
16.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Larsen Street today?

The current surf forecast for Larsen Street at 10AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
W
Period(s) (?)12121211111114141414131313139988881515138
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1611091061157374180180178223204181135135262372360326292220305309134133
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
5
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
0
E
5
NE
10
NNW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossoncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:19AM
2.56
1:40PM
2.44
1:59AM
2.41
2:24PM
2.29
2:47AM
2.27
3:18PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34AM
0.57
7:52PM
0.67
8:17AM
0.73
8:37PM
0.82
9:08AM
0.86
9:33PM
0.94
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-----6:15-------6:14-------6:12--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------3321---12344111---
Temp. °C171718181716141415161717171617171716171717161514
Feels °C (?)131315141515131213131714141315161717171716141311
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