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Point Elizabeth surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 02 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Point Elizabeth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Point Elizabeth sea temperature is
18.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Point Elizabeth today?

The current surf forecast for Point Elizabeth at 7AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (02 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (02 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

Table - waves today at Point Elizabeth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
W
1
W
1.2
W
0.8
WSW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WSW
1.1
W
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
W
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)11121212121211111110911111112111111111211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22119319619317917920523531713912993269297462596669657733773759606535469
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSE
5
E
5
E
10
ENE
5
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NE
10
ESE
15
E
30
E
15
ESE
25
ESE
15
E
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
E
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
2.77
11:59AM
2.93
12:26AM
2.82
12:43PM
2.97
1:08AM
2.82
1:25PM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.15
6:15PM
-0.01
6:32AM
0.08
6:59PM
-0.03
7:14AM
0.07
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise---6:39-------6:39-------6:41----
Sunset-------8:57-------8:55-------8:53
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------11510-----------
Temp. °C141212111517181816151515141514141212101015171716
Feels °C (?)1411119141515161514131011101110897713151515
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