Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 11 Jan 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.4°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 8PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (11 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)99111112121211111212121111111010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80212922475309436153369274919751262103611381047966862900768590590402333332273217217
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
30
N
30
N
35
NNW
25
SW
45
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
2.29
6:10AM
2.22
6:36PM
2.19
7:12AM
2.19
7:41PM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.76
11:55PM
0.76
12:23PM
0.86
12:53AM
0.85
1:26PM
0.90
1:55AM
0.87
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:13-------6:15
Sunset---9:09-------9:09-------9:09----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
2111861----------------1
Temp. °C181819191616151516161615141312111515151615151514
Feels °C (?)151416151399910910889991210101111121212
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