Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 17 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
17.2° C
(Which is 1.3°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 5AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 2.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 2.0m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
2
WSW
2.1
W
2.1
W
3
WNW
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.9
W
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)1399111110101212131314151515141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7991350181994999193614702486236424412483306039154076402134363376288619331218515424350276
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
30
NNW
35
NW
30
WNW
20
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNE
15
N
15
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
crosscrossononcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
3.04
10:57AM
3.13
11:20PM
3.09
11:42AM
3.11
12:04AM
3.07
12:29PM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:46AM
-0.03
5:10PM
-0.08
5:31AM
-0.06
5:54PM
-0.03
6:18AM
-0.01
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----7:07-------7:07-------7:09---
Sunset------5:58-------5:57-------5:54-
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
67105522111261-1---------
Temp. °C161617161515151414141414151614151312111015161615
Feels °C (?)111111121113141312111111111211121097689107
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