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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
18.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Spooky's today?

The current surf forecast for Spooky's at 11AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (04 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
W
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)111211111111111111111110101010101313121212111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35971866361752545244940735029723322517717013614699131267258303543646530
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
NE
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
10
E
0
SSW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassoffoffoffglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08AM
2.82
1:25PM
2.94
1:48AM
2.77
2:04PM
2.84
2:27AM
2.67
2:43PM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
0.07
7:40PM
0.02
7:55AM
0.13
8:20PM
0.12
8:35AM
0.24
8:58PM
0.27
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset-----8:54-------8:52-------8:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------461
Temp. °C111116181817151413121617171715151514161616161616
Feels °C (?)8815151616141312101615161714141412151515151616
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