Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 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
14.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Larsen Street today?

The current surf forecast for Larsen Street at 1PM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.8m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Oct)13ft (4.0m)16s
Evening (21 Oct)13ft (4.0m)15s

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
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
0
0
2
2
3
5
5
0
0
3
5
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.7
WSW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
W
Period(s) (?)121212121615151515161615151514141414141410101213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)415151215180394373356614646171278032806472076057520745683978350430222407183210803404327958085211
Wind
(km/h)
45
NW
40
WNW
35
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
5
WSW
10
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NNE
50
NW
40
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:14AM
2.76
11:28PM
2.78
11:46AM
2.78
12:02AM
2.77
12:19PM
2.77
12:35AM
2.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
0.25
5:22PM
0.29
5:39AM
0.25
5:56PM
0.28
6:12AM
0.29
6:30PM
0.32
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:35-------6:35-------6:33------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:01-------8:02--
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
4510111-------1-121-62211
Temp. °C151512151413121211111213131313121214151615131312
Feels °C (?)89510865656681012117681088775
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast South Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Cobden Breakwater (light winds from the WNW at HokitikaAeroAws 35 km from Cobden Breakwater). A 4.5m groundswell from the WNW is too big for here

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Actual: 55 min ago

26 km/h
WSW
Cross-On
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