Surf Forecast Surf Report

Shingles surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 03 May 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
16.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Shingles today?

The current surf forecast for Shingles at 5PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 May)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (03 May)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (03 May)8ft (2.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
W
2
W
2.1
WSW
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.1
W
3
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
W
2.1
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)111110101010101010101414141414131313131313131313141514141413131616161716161515151514141414101115151515141415161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)45248771210201130106187275760352114431285126710651019989823713713613604514585585850103598081174360859014171365177424412088210721251787173315681373121212121229163219362016362615971576171518843569364433453062253423252336
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
NW
0
N
15
ENE
15
E
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
N
5
NNW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
W
5
W
5
SW
5
S
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
W
5
W
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
NE
15
E
35
NE
45
NNE
40
NNW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:22PM
2.72
3:45AM
2.71
4:27PM
2.59
4:54AM
2.62
5:32PM
2.53
6:02AM
2.60
6:34PM
2.54
7:02AM
2.65
7:28PM
2.60
7:52AM
2.72
8:15PM
2.70
8:33AM
2.81
8:54PM
2.80
9:11AM
2.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
0.70
9:29PM
0.89
10:09AM
0.86
10:36PM
1.01
11:17AM
0.95
11:45PM
1.05
12:20PM
0.96
12:47AM
1.01
1:16PM
0.91
1:40AM
0.92
2:04PM
0.84
2:25AM
0.83
2:45PM
0.76
3:04AM
0.75
3:22PM
0.70
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise7:22-------7:24-------7:24-------7:26-------7:26-------7:28-------7:28-------7:30---
Sunset--5:37-------5:36-------5:34-------5:32-------5:31-------5:30-------5:30-------5:29-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C81213121211111112151514131211121214141414141313131616141313131314161615141314131417141517171515141515131111101011151513
Feels °C (?)5101291099910131413121191111131314141312121215151312121111111415151311131111141210101113121099988779121110
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