Spooky's surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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Spooky's surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Spooky's sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Spooky's today?

The current surf forecast for Spooky's at 6PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

Table - waves today at Spooky's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.3
N
1.4
N
1.5
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.6
N
1.9
N
2.1
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.1
N
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1313131212999999991010101010999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)367298269202152215215220258306372544416474710867612463367189237262250264
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
10
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
5
ENE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NE
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
2.48
1:30AM
2.45
1:52PM
2.33
2:10AM
2.31
2:36PM
2.19
2:58AM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
0.41
7:23PM
0.52
7:45AM
0.55
8:02PM
0.67
8:28AM
0.70
8:48PM
0.81
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------
Sunset---6:16-------6:15-------6:14----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------147662-1111221
Temp. °C151821191615151616191514141414161615161616171615
Feels °C (?)121620181311111313171312131314161512131314151615
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