Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 23 Feb 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
17.8° 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 12PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (23 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (23 Feb)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
W
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121211111111999181817161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14671295105290178056948841532522120929122427622532932647054813821537164415191137
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNW
10
W
10
SW
5
S
5
S
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
N
20
NE
10
NE
5
E
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
2.73
3:37PM
2.70
4:05AM
2.58
4:35PM
2.52
5:08AM
2.44
5:49PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
0.33
9:54PM
0.40
10:22AM
0.49
10:54PM
0.58
11:30AM
0.63
12:07AM
0.71
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----8:28-------8:25-------8:24--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121113141515141414141617171717171717181817181716
Feels °C (?)10911131313131312111316161617181716171615181716
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