Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 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
17.0° 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 2PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)111212111111161616151414131312121212181816161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1731401046968685084838512011013999861178687103156137421259237
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
WSW
5
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
W
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
2.98
1:20PM
2.86
1:44AM
2.83
2:17PM
2.66
2:44AM
2.66
3:22PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
0.10
7:33PM
0.26
8:04AM
0.27
8:30PM
0.44
9:07AM
0.43
9:35PM
0.60
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--7:09-------7:11-------7:13-----
Sunset----5:53-------5:52-------5:51---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C98911141299881013151412111010101112121111
Feels °C (?)43369744435911117666799989
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