Wavetraps Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(West Coast South Island, New Zealand)

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Wavetraps Surf Guide

Wavetraps Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Sandbar	3	fairly consistent	15.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Wavetraps:

The best conditions reported for surf at Wavetraps occur when a West-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Southeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Wavetraps Location Map

Interactive Wavetraps 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.

Wavetraps Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Monday, 4 May 2026, 17:55 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 04			Tue
ft, °F	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Wave (m)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off

What does Wavetraps look like?

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Tides at Wavetraps

Current tide and informaton

For Greymouth, New Zealand, 2 km from Wavetraps.

Next High Water: 12:20am | 3.06m

Next Low Water: 06:16pm | 0.97m

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

Wavetraps Sea Temperature

The water temperature (15.5 °C) at Wavetraps is quite cool. If the sun does come out as forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good sealed spring wetsuit. Some surfers would prefer to wear gloves and boots too. Effective windchill factor of (10.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

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