Smoothwater Bay Surf Forecast

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Smoothwater Bay surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 01 Jul 2025 NZST

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

Today's Smoothwater Bay sea temperature is 13.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Smoothwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Smoothwater Bay at 5AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Jul)	6.5ft (2.0m)	13s
Afternoon (02 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s
Evening (02 Jul)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

West Coast South Island Surf

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		Wednesday 02								Thursday 03								Friday 04								Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wednesday 09
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	NNE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	17	17	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1647	1471	1449	1329	1309	1447	1356	1560	1566	2012	2051	2057	2392	3394	3754	4360	4106	3819	3491	2893	2346	1927	1959	1840	1927	1993	1850	1749	1623	1715	1613	933	1089	1245	1079	994	900	742	643	558	550	617	592	572	668	592	528	455	462	393	393	405	424	468	423	420	476	478	564	641
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	E	SE	ESE	E	ENE	E	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	S	SE	SSE	NNE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SW	WNW	SSE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	ENE	NNE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:03AM 1.80				4:30PM 1.71				4:56AM 1.72				5:23PM 1.66				5:53AM 1.68					6:21PM 1.64				6:52AM 1.67				7:21PM 1.65				7:49AM 1.70				8:18PM 1.70				8:42AM 1.75					9:09PM 1.77				9:31AM 1.81				9:56PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		9:50PM 0.62				10:22AM 0.63				10:40PM 0.70				11:12AM 0.70				11:37PM 0.76					12:07PM 0.75				12:37AM 0.79				1:05PM 0.78				1:36AM 0.80				2:03PM 0.78				2:32AM 0.77				2:57PM 0.75					3:21AM 0.73				3:46PM 0.71				4:06AM 0.68

		Wednesday 02								Thursday 03								Friday 04								Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wednesday 09
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	5	4	6	1	1	1	4	11	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	11	10	10	9	8	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	12
Feels °C (?)	7	6	7	6	7	7	8	7	6	6	7	6	3	1	3	2	3	5	5	7	7	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	13	13	10	8	7	7	5	4	10	9	9	8	6	6	6	7	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7

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