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West Coast South Island 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 West Coast South Island Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the West Coast South Island coastline are also listed below.

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	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	12	8	13	20	20	16	15	16	13	13	13	12	21	19	16	16	15	14	17	16	14	16
Energy	1243	1210	2809	3141	1289	2301	1551	796	890	788	684	1110	708	1037	1794	882	1028	766	1301	1429	1061	1158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:45PM 1.71	8:05AM 1.81		8:36PM 1.82	8:53AM 1.93		9:22PM 1.94	9:39AM 2.04		10:08PM 2.04	9:47AM 3.26		10:53PM 2.12	10:35AM 3.33		11:41PM 2.16		12:07PM 2.17	12:31AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		1:30PM 0.51	1:55AM 0.52		1:33PM 0.40	2:44AM 0.41		2:23PM 0.24		3:30AM 0.31	3:55PM 0.23		3:36AM 0.20	4:00PM 0.03		4:23AM 0.13	4:50PM 0.01		5:52AM 0.18		6:19PM 0.25	6:44AM 0.22
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	13	14	12	13	13	11	11	11	10	12	12	9	11	11	8	9	9	8	9
Low °C	11	13	11	11	14	12	12	12	11	10	11	9	10	11	8	9	10	8	8	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	13	14	11	13	14	12	13	11	11	11	11	9	12	11	8	11	10	7	9	9	7	9
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56
Sunset	-	5:32	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	0.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	26	13	13	11	16	15	16	13	13	13	12	12	19	16	16	15	14	17	16	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 NE	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	6	24	20	20	11	7	-	10	10	25	22	21	13	-	-	-	20	13	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12							Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	13	8	9	9	13	10	13	20	19	18	17	13	18	17	16	15	14	14	14
Energy	1189	1727	1243	1235	1210	2044	2097	2809	1012	3064	3141	3099	4471	3538	1216	1104	1532	1123	1551	1226	1208	1100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:12AM 1.71				7:45PM 1.71				8:05AM 1.81				7:49PM 2.58				8:53AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06AM 0.74				1:30PM 0.51				1:02AM 0.60				2:21PM 0.40				1:55AM 0.43					3:08PM 0.30
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	11	13	14	13	12	11	12	11	11	13	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	13	14	13	11	10	11	10	10	13	13	12	14	12	13	12	11	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	0.1 N	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	11	12	13	26	13	9	13	10	13	13	13	18	17	13	13	17	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	13	11	11	6	26	13	24	14	21	20	19	18	-	18	18	-	-	7	7	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	7	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9
Energy	1240	1561	1561	1561	1730	1727	1727	1243	833	1262	1253	1235	1446	962	794	794	597	597	2044	3307	2097	2097
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:12AM 1.71												7:45PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06AM 0.74													1:30PM 0.51
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	26	12	12	8	8	13	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	26	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	12	12	12	7	-	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-

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