Shingles Surf Forecast

/ West Coast South Island (21 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (41.73° S 171.59° E)

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Shingles surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 17 Aug 2025 NZST

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Shingles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Shingles sea temperature is 12.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Shingles today?

The current surf forecast for Shingles at 11PM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Aug)	7ft (2.1m)	16s
Evening (17 Aug)	6.5ft (2.0m)	15s

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

Hourly 12 Days

West Coast South Island Surf

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	Sunday 17			Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	9	11	11	10	10	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2290	1976	1700	1430	1450	1693	1530	1293	1341	2701	2709	2721	2136	1655	1464	2084	2412	2460	2056	1726	1358	1106	987	967
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	S	ESE	E	E	E	NNE	NW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:00PM 2.64				5:44AM 2.65					6:21PM 2.63				7:01AM 2.66				7:38PM 2.72				8:11AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)				11:21PM 0.88				11:59AM 0.96					12:43AM 0.89				1:20PM 0.93				1:56AM 0.79

	Sunday 17			Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	1	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	8	7	6	6	8	10	11	10	9	9	9	7	7	11	11	8	6	5	5	5	6	10
Feels °C (?)	8	6	5	5	3	3	5	6	8	2	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	2	0	-1	0	0	2	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast South Island

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Shingles (light winds from the SSE at WestportAeroAws 2 km from Shingles). 2.0m 15s groundswell from the W with a 0.9m 7s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 9 minutes ago Shingles

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1 h 9 min ago

9 km/h

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Clean

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