The Glen Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.18° S 173.37° E

The Glen 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Glen sea temperature is
12.5°C
0.2° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Glen at 11AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (03 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (03 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NW by Thu night).

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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)
1.2
NW
6
1.1
NW
6
1.1
NW
6
1
NW
6
0.9
NNW
5
0.9
NNW
5
1.3
NNW
6
1.1
NW
6
1
NNW
6
1.8
NNW
7
2
NNW
8
1.4
N
9
1.2
N
8
1.1
NNW
8
0.9
NNW
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.5
NNW
7
0.7
NNW
5
0.8
NNW
6
0.7
NNW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
92
75
69
59
37
48
105
69
74
293
497
297
210
176
112
82
57
42
29
31
25
34
30
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
20
NW
35
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
High Tide
1:15AM3.17m
1:41PM3.08m
2:04AM2.96m
2:35PM2.90m
3:04AM2.74m
3:43PM2.74m
Low Tide
7:24AM0.33m
7:48PM0.48m
8:13AM0.54m
8:45PM0.69m
9:14AM0.76m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:47
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:05
 mm
2
7
Temp °C
11
11
13
15
16
14
12
13
13
14
14
15
14
11
11
11
11
11
12
13
13
12
11
Feels °C
9
9
11
12
13
12
10
12
9
8
10
10
8
5
5
6
7
8
9
10
10
9
8
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