Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
17.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Larsen Street today?

The current surf forecast for Larsen Street at 11AM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (31 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)8999910101014141413131313131111111111131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77671174477882683877269863113061161989867767663569202164161128145186169127
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
5
SSW
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
2.81
10:51PM
2.77
11:07AM
2.89
11:28PM
2.84
11:43AM
2.92
12:02AM
2.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
0.34
4:40PM
0.20
4:56AM
0.23
5:19PM
0.13
5:35AM
0.17
5:55PM
0.12
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise--7:47-------7:48-------7:48-----
Sunset-----7:28-------7:25-------7:24--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151415141414131314141415151514131313131414141413
Feels °C (?)8810889111111121112121413111112121313121312
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