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Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
18.6° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Larsen Street today?

The current surf forecast for Larsen Street at 3AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)7ft (2.1m)9s
Afternoon (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.5
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)141499910111112121211111212121211111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117574229342687014512728342937603369291522871714101811381259607953898766661580586473
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
NNE
30
NNE
25
N
30
NNE
35
N
30
N
35
NNW
25
WNW
40
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:13AM
2.31
5:36PM
2.29
6:10AM
2.22
6:36PM
2.19
7:12AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
0.63
11:24AM
0.76
11:55PM
0.76
12:23PM
0.86
12:53AM
0.85
1:26PM
0.90
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise---6:11-------6:13-------6:13----
Sunset-------9:09-------9:09-------9:09
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
11-12112491-1-----------
Temp. °C191818181818191917161515151616151514131215161616
Feels °C (?)191615161514161515989999891110913101011
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