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Waimarie surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 16 Apr 2025 NZST
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Waimarie surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waimarie sea temperature is
16.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waimarie today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarie at 5AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)7ft (2.1m)15s

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

Hourly12 Days
West Coast South Island Surf
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Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
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4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
!
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!
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!
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3
!
!
!
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.7
N
2.1
N
2.3
N
2.2
N
2
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.8
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.9
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.1
NNW
2
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.1
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.1
N
1.3
N
1.6
N
0.9
WSW
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)121616151515141615141313131212121111111010101010101010101010101010109981313131313128871277778814111116161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)156392463434411334330150818812097161713181173957976928851792831107912731226134817141479122511111024828741856892846637446366277249195192192189162142186279213310259233225287232251521551435429344249
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
0
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
N
10
NNW
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassoffoffcross-
off		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglasscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:33AM
2.80
12:50PM
2.71
1:10AM
2.68
1:29PM
2.58
1:52AM
2.55
2:15PM
2.45
2:43AM
2.44
3:14PM
2.35
3:48AM
2.38
4:26PM
2.32
5:01AM
2.42
5:42PM
2.39
6:11AM
2.56
6:49PM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
0.45
6:45AM
0.53
7:02PM
0.58
7:24AM
0.66
7:43PM
0.71
8:09AM
0.78
8:32PM
0.82
9:04AM
0.87
9:32PM
0.90
10:11AM
0.89
10:42PM
0.89
11:24AM
0.80
11:52PM
0.79
12:30PM
0.62
12:55AM
0.61
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Sunrise----7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-------7:09-------7:09-------
Sunset------5:58-------5:57-------5:54-------5:53-------5:52-------5:51-------5:49-----
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Rain (mm)
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast South Island

  1. Low tide Wednesday late afternoon waves were about waist-high and clean with just a light cross-off SE here. With 70-90kph SE at Separation Point generating some wind swell, high tide Thursday might be surfable.

    7 hours 23 minutes ago Patons Rock, 98 km away
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