Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 26 Aug 2025 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
13.1° C
(Which is 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: 1.5m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (27 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (27 Aug)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
4
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.3
NNW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)18181716161616161514141414678911111111101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)10791208112813741064906773513381326215213167218501108912221739216620591785168220342965
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
ESE
5
SE
10
ESE
5
E
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
NE
35
N
40
NNE
25
SW
10
SW
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
SSW
20
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38AM
2.83
12:57PM
2.70
1:12AM
2.70
1:32PM
2.59
1:48AM
2.55
2:09PM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:31PM
0.24
6:52AM
0.25
7:06PM
0.35
7:26AM
0.38
7:43PM
0.49
8:03AM
0.54
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sunrise----7:07-------7:05-------7:03---
Sunset-------6:02-------6:04-------6:05
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------18614526431
Temp. °C10998910111110991011131212111111119101111
Feels °C (?)766567888665565786556634
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast South Island

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Larsen Street (light winds from the SSE at WestportAeroAws 8 km from Larsen Street). 1.3m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.9m 17s long period groundswell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 58 min ago

13 km/h
SSE
Cross-Off
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