Larsen Street surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 29 Dec 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
16.8° 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 7AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (29 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (29 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.4
W
0.8
NNW
1.2
NNW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
WSW
0.7
W
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111010101099101099991812121616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)546467389240184146114105113784242657810810198198411188251329209284
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
S
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
E
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSE
20
SE
5
ESE
10
E
10
SSE
15
SW
10
SW
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SE
20
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscrosscrossoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
2.43
6:33PM
2.52
7:12AM
2.48
7:42PM
2.57
8:18AM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
0.50
12:17PM
0.59
12:54AM
0.50
1:24PM
0.54
1:59AM
0.45
2:30PM
0.44
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Sunrise---5:58-------6:00-------6:01----
Sunset-------9:10-------9:10-------9:10
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------382---------
Temp. °C161413131718202116151414131217181513131214191718
Feels °C (?)15121112161517161213111110111315109101012181419
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