Queenstown Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 06:50 AM and sunset is at 05:45 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Icy conditions (max 2°C on Fri afternoon, min -8°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the NW by Thu night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Icy conditions (max 8°C on Mon afternoon, min -4°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Tue afternoon, min 2°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds. | Days 10–12 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Sat night, min -5°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Fri morning, calm by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 11:16AM0.37m | 11:08PM0.23m | 12:06PM0.37m | 11:59PM0.21m | 1:00PM0.38m | 00:57AM0.20m | 1:59PM0.38m | 1:58AM0.21m | 2:59PM0.39m | 2:57AM0.23m | 3:57PM0.41m | 3:51AM0.26m | 4:49PM0.43m | 4:42AM0.29m | 5:37PM0.45m | 5:32AM0.34m | 6:21PM0.45m | 6:21AM0.38m | 7:04PM0.44m | 7:12AM0.43m | 7:46PM0.42m | 8:04AM0.47m | 8:29PM0.39m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:05PM0.08m | 5:01AM-0.06m | 7:16PM0.09m | 8:23PM0.08m | 9:21PM0.07m | 7:50AM-0.05m | 10:10PM0.06m | 8:55AM-0.06m | 10:54PM0.05m | 9:56AM-0.08m | 11:34PM0.03m | 10:54AM-0.10m | 00:11AM0.02m | 11:49AM-0.11m | 00:47AM-0.01m | 12:43PM-0.11m | 1:22AM-0.03m | 1:39PM-0.09m | 1:57AM-0.06m | 2:38PM-0.06m | 2:34AM-0.08m | |||||||||||||||
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cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | light rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 23 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | |
max°C | -6 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -2 | -3 | -1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Moonrise | — | — | — | 12:59 | — | — | 2:02 | — | — | 3:03 | — | — | 3:59 | — | — | 4:49 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:36 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — |
Moonset | 9:52 | — | — | 10:24 | — | — | 11:03 | — | — | 11:52 | — | — | 12:50 | — | — | 1:58 | — | — | — | 3:11 | — | — | 4:26 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | — | 9:27 |
 | 6:50 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — |
 | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:49 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:58 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Queenstown is 3.5 °C (Statistics for 19 Feb 1981-2005 – mean: 0.7 max: 3.6 min: -1.6°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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