The Glen Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.18° S 173.37° E

The Glen 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Glen sea temperature is
16.4°C
2.9° 

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


How big are the waves at The Glen today (28 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Glen at 11PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)--
Afternoon (28 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (28 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
7
0.8
NNW
8
0.9
NNW
7
1
NNW
7
0.8
NNW
8
0.8
NNW
7
0.6
NNW
7
0.5
N
7
0.5
NNW
7
0.4
NNW
7
0.2
NNW
15
0.2
NNW
15
0.2
NNW
15
0.7
WSW
4
0.4
NNW
8
0.3
NNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
59
50
59
81
66
76
91
80
50
34
23
27
15
23
22
22
13
19
11
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
NW
15
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
00:12AM3.45m
12:34PM3.51m
00:57AM3.32m
1:21PM3.38m
Low Tide
6:21AM0.00m
6:47PM0.07m
7:04AM0.14m
7:34PM0.22m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
16
15
13
11
11
11
13
14
16
13
10
10
10
9
11
10
15
13
9
Feels °C
10
11
7
6
7
8
9
10
8
6
4
4
4
4
7
6
7
5
3
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