Queenstown Sea Conditions and Tide Table

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 06:31 AM and sunset is at 06:00 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 1°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm air temperatures (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Mild with light rain (total 4mm) on Tue night. Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min -1°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Tue night, strong winds from the N by Thu morning).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

A dusting of snow giving way to moderate rain (total 14mm) heaviest on Mon afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 13°C on Mon night, min -1°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sat afternoon, near gales from the S by Mon night).

Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
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night
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Wave Height Map
High Tide
7:39AM0.43m
8:08PM0.37m
8:25AM0.44m
8:43PM0.34m
9:10AM0.45m
9:19PM0.31m
9:54AM0.45m
9:58PM0.29m
10:40AM0.44m
10:42PM0.27m
11:30AM0.42m
11:33PM0.26m
12:24PM0.41m
00:29AM0.26m
1:25PM0.39m
1:29AM0.27m
2:28PM0.39m
2:26AM0.30m
3:25PM0.40m
3:20AM0.32m
4:15PM0.41m
4:09AM0.35m
4:58PM0.42m
4:56AM0.39m
5:37PM0.43m
5:41AM0.43m
6:15PM0.43m
6:26AM0.48m
6:54PM0.41m
Low Tide
2:11PM-0.04m
2:09AM-0.02m
3:00PM-0.00m
2:36AM-0.03m
3:51PM0.04m
3:06AM-0.03m
4:45PM0.07m
3:40AM-0.02m
5:42PM0.10m
4:22AM-0.01m
6:42PM0.12m
5:14AM0.01m
7:41PM0.12m
8:35PM0.12m
7:24AM0.02m
9:23PM0.12m
8:30AM0.02m
10:06PM0.11m
9:31AM0.01m
10:45PM0.09m
10:25AM-0.01m
11:20PM0.07m
11:17AM-0.02m
11:52PM0.05m
12:08PM-0.02m
00:23AM0.02m
1:00PM-0.01m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
rain showers
part cloud
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain shwrs
some clouds
mod rain
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
rain shwrs
cloudy
light rain
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
rain shwrs
some clouds
clear
some clouds
light rain
light rain
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
clear
some clouds
light rain
mod rain
rain shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
light rain
 km/h
5
S
10
NE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ESE
10
S
15
S
25
SSW
15
N
5
ESE
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
5
WSW
10
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
N
35
NNE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
5
WNW
15
SSW
15
W
25
NW
10
N
25
ESE
20
SE
25
W
40
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNE
10
SSE
15
SSW
25
S
25
S
 mm 
1
9
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
8
14
5
max°C
13
17
9
4
6
4
10
17
19
16
14
14
15
18
18
21
23
18
24
27
23
20
7
1
0
0
1
6
7
7
11
11
9
6
10
13
7
8
4
3
5
3
4
6
5
7
Moonrise
8:35
9:39
10:42
12:45
1:46
2:44
3:36
4:22
5:01
5:34
6:02
6:28
6:52
7:17
7:42
Moonset
7:21
7:43
8:08
9:36
10:09
10:48
11:34
12:28
1:29
2:33
3:40
4:48
5:56
7:05
8:17
Sunrise
6:31
6:28
6:28
7:26
6:24
6:22
6:22
6:20
6:18
6:16
6:15
6:13
6:11
6:11
6:09
6:07
Sunset
6:00
6:01
6:02
7:04
6:05
6:06
6:07
6:07
6:08
6:09
6:10
6:12
6:13
6:14
6:15
Today's sea temperature in Queenstown is
3.1° C
(Statistics for 05 Mar 1981-2005 – mean: 0.9 max: 4.5 min: -1.4°C)
Issued (local time): 12 am Thursday 05 Mar 2026
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