Surf-Forecast | Spooky's Surf Guide

Lat Long: 42.37° S 171.22° E

Issued: 6 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Spooky's sea temperature is

14.3°C

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

Spooky's Surf Guide

Spooky's in West Coast South Island is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Ideal winds are from the east and there is no shelter here from cross shore breezes. Easily blown out by onshore winds Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the best swell direction is from the southwest. No beach break here as well as a left hand reef break. Best around mid tide. An uncrowded break, even when it is working. Sharks may be a hazard at this break.

Spooky's Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	4	fairly consistent	14.3°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Spooky's:

The best conditions reported for surf at Spooky's occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Spooky's Location Map

Interactive Spooky's surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

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Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Spooky's Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Monday, 2 November 2026, 09:15 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 02
ft, °F	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Wave (m)	NW	NW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	8	9	11	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross

Tides at Spooky's

Current tide and informaton

For Nine Mile, 5 km from Spooky's.

Next High Water: 05:42pm | 2.41m

Next Low Water: 11:22am | 0.62m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Spooky's Sea Temperature

The Spooky's water temperature is rather cool (14.3 °C) and the air temperature will feel about the same. A good quality spring wetsuit with optional neoprene boots should suffice. No need for wetsuit gloves.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit and neoprene boots.