Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 02 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
18.2° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s 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 (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (02 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (02 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
W
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
W
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)101010111111111111111111212020181818171616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)689510385372334270226170170170133133148377507552808768754787778758620574
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
20
S
20
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
E
10
E
10
NE
10
N
10
W
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
2.89
11:14PM
2.83
11:31AM
3.00
11:54PM
2.91
12:10PM
3.04
12:32AM
2.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03PM
0.13
5:20AM
0.16
5:45PM
0.04
6:00AM
0.09
6:24PM
0.01
6:39AM
0.08
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise--------7:15-------7:16-------
Sunset---8:16-------8:15-------8:14----
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1215161612109810121414131211111214141515141312
Feels °C (?)8891065647888910891012121212121210
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