Nelson West Coast Surf

Detailed Nelson West Coast surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Nelson West Coast. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Nelson West Coast. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Nelson West Coast over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Nelson West Coast and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Nelson West Coast Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Nelson West Coast Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Nelson West Coast coastline are also listed below.

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Nelson West Coast Wavefinder

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	Tue		Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nelson West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Fletchers Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast
Rating	0	0	2	2	4	2	3	3	2	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	4	2	2	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	1.6 NNW	0.8 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	3.5 N	1.1 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.3 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	9	10	9	8	19	17	16	9	14	9	12	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	9
Energy(?)	60	59	423	1394	1107	302	465	859	734	2308	508	1126	2644	3552	1866	1897	2898	2420	1421	932	724	1014
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:31PM 2.74	8:50AM 2.71		9:27PM 2.74	9:46AM 2.72		9:33PM 2.67	9:55AM 2.68		10:38PM 3.10	10:57AM 2.99		10:50PM 2.81	11:48AM 2.91		12:08AM 3.06		12:29PM 2.91	12:49AM 3.07		1:12PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		2:44AM 0.74		3:01PM 0.61		3:38AM 0.57	3:55PM 0.47		3:43AM 0.37	4:26PM 0.38		4:52AM 0.38	5:06PM 0.30		5:42AM 0.28	5:46PM 0.25		6:23AM 0.23		6:37PM 0.25	7:06AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	2	22	23	-	-	5	21	35	9	2	2	4	2	4	3	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	10	11	10	11	13	15	15	14	14	15	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13
Low °C	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	6	8	7	8	12	15	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	10	11	10	11	10	9	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.2 W	1.6 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	3.5 N	1.7 NW	1.4 N	1.0 N	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.6 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.3 WNW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	10	13	8	8	17	16	9	8	8	8	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.8 W	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	-	1.5 N	0.1 NW	0.5 W	0.8 N	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.4 W
Period (s)	9	5	13	13	16	21	19	8	8	-	9	18	18	8	12	-	15	14	16	14	15	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	2.5 N	-	-	0.5 NE	2.0 NNE	0.9 W	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	-	2.5 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.7 W	-	0.8 NW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	5	4	9	-	-	6	8	16	-	9	12	13	-	12	-	4	4	-	4	9

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Best forecast wave conditions in Nelson West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 NW	0.8 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	19	19
Energy(?)	60	62	60	59	149	145	423	813	1394	1441	1504	1107	866	338	302	109	465	587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 2.74									9:16PM 2.87				9:34AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)					2:54AM 0.69				2:45PM 0.52	3:01PM 0.61				3:03AM 0.47				3:55PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	10	14	21	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	13
Chill °C (?)	5	6	8	8	6	6	7	7	8	10	12	10	10	10	11	10	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 N	0.2 W	2.3 N	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 NW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	8	9	9	10	10	10	13	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 N	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	1.1 NE	0.4 W	0.9 NE	0.8 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	9	6	5	5	6	13	13	13	13	14	13	16	13	7	21	7	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 E	2.5 N	2.5 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	9	8	-	-	-	-	-