Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 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
17.1° C
(Which is 1.2°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 4AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2
W
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
W
1
WSW
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)121313141515141414141413131313121211111211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22012309247930563915377837273471342333882510137062341853432938730320613293866161
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNW
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
3.09
11:42AM
3.11
12:04AM
3.07
12:29PM
3.02
12:52AM
2.98
1:20PM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:31AM
-0.06
5:54PM
-0.03
6:18AM
-0.01
6:42PM
0.09
7:09AM
0.10
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----7:07-------7:09-------7:09---
Sunset------5:57-------5:54-------5:53-
light rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
213521------------------
Temp. °C131314141415151514131211141615131212121212131211
Feels °C (?)111011111011121212119811119877777654
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