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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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	Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Fri
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Rapahoe 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	3	2	5	3	7	5	6	5	4	2	5	6	5	4	4	3	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	9	9	14	13	17	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	858	653	423	537	1137	6522	4989	11497	9404	4981	3950	1322	2327	6361	5447	2764	1982	1228	584	444	725	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:54AM 2.64		11:12PM 2.75	11:23AM 2.88		11:43PM 3.00		12:04PM 2.91	12:23AM 3.04		12:45PM 2.91	1:04AM 3.04		1:28PM 2.88	1:57AM 2.81		2:36PM 2.54	2:56AM 2.62		3:27PM 2.48		3:50AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)		5:02PM 0.40		5:16AM 0.35	5:32PM 0.32		5:56AM 0.27		6:12PM 0.28	6:58AM 0.20		6:53PM 0.27	7:20AM 0.22		7:47PM 0.30	8:26AM 0.23		8:44PM 0.36	9:15AM 0.30		9:37PM 0.42	10:10AM 0.39
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	22	7	9	8	13	17	14	6	6	2	65	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	12	11	9	9	10	7	10	11	9	10	11	8	9
Low °C	13	13	11	11	12	10	10	11	9	11	10	7	9	9	7	8	10	8	7	9	7	8
Chill °C (?)	12	13	11	10	10	8	7	8	8	10	9	6	6	7	5	10	11	9	10	10	7	6
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	2.0 N	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.9 W	1.6 NW	-	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	16	9	8	9	9	14	13	17	14	14	13	14	8	-	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.3 N	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 NW	0.6 N	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	15	14	9	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	22	20	7	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NE	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Friday 11							Saturday 12								Sunday 13
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	0	5	5	4	3	5	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	8	9	9	10	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	17	16
Energy(?)	1133	991	991	858	653	619	515	423	388	585	537	664	1249	2827	8643	6522	6232	5510	4989	4495	11497	9878
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:43AM 2.82				11:03PM 2.93				11:23AM 2.88					12:01AM 2.70				12:26PM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)		4:45AM 0.41				4:52PM 0.40				5:36AM 0.30				5:32PM 0.32					6:17AM 0.23
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	16	6	3	1	1	3	3	6	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	13	5	9
Temp. °C	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	12	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	6	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW
Period (s)	17	16	16	8	9	9	14	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.2 N	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	16	15	15	9	14	14	13	9	9	9	16	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 N	1.4 N	1.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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