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Anatori River Surf Photo: 'West Coast summer swell' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 40.70° S 172.37° E

Issued: 5 pm 30 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Anatori River sea temperature is

14.7° C

Slightly warmer than usual

Anatori River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	E	WSW	WSW
	13 s	cross- off	2 s	13 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 March at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ENE	E	WSW	WSW
	15 s	cross- off	3 s	14 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 March at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ENE	E	WSW	NNW
	14 s	cross- off	3 s	15 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 March at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NE		WSW	NE
	14 s	glass		14 s	3 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 March at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSW		WSW	NNE
	14 s	glass		14 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 March at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	S		WSW	NNE
	14 s	glass		14 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 March at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	ESE	WSW	NNE
	13 s	glass	4 s	13 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 March at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	ESE	WSW	NNE
	13 s	glass	4 s	13 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 March at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	ESE	WSW	NNE
	13 s	glass	4 s	13 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 March at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ENE	E	WSW	N
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 March at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ENE	E	WSW	W
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	13 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 March at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E		WSW	N
	13 s	glass		13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 March at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	S	ESE	WSW	W
	13 s	glass	4 s	13 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 March at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	E	WSW	NNW
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 March at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	E	WSW	WSW
	12 s	cross- off	5 s	12 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 March at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	E	WSW	WSW
	12 s	cross- off	5 s	12 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 March at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	E	WSW	WSW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 March at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 17 minutes before high water (at high spring tide). Tide height was 3.4m (11.1 ft). Range 3.88m (12.7 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Anatori River Surf Photo: 'West Coast summer swell' by Rob Davies

Glassy and fairly mellow waves on the Golden Bay west coast. Mostly like this but with occasional sneaker sets to about a foot overhead but I was too far in to catch many of those.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 10:10 am 20 Mar 2019