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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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	Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Sat
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Tauranga 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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	16	16	14	14	13
Energy(?)	2554	2196	2960	2133	1664	2724	5330	2216	1842	2830	4883	2460	1992	1206	711	345	349	506	204	654	295	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:58PM 1.78		6:33AM 1.83		6:15PM 2.65	7:01AM 2.52		7:34PM 2.57	8:17AM 3.04		8:39PM 2.66	9:09AM 2.67		10:21PM 2.02	10:50AM 2.02		11:11PM 2.09	11:38AM 2.05		11:56PM 2.12	11:35AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)	11:41AM 0.56		11:33PM 0.55		12:50PM 0.60	12:29AM 0.59		2:02PM 0.59	1:50AM 0.47		2:20PM 0.47	2:55AM 0.36		3:18PM 0.37		4:35AM 0.38	5:02PM 0.41		5:24AM 0.33	5:48PM 0.36		5:26AM 0.11
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	9	10	10	8	8	11	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10
Low °C	9	9	8	9	10	7	8	10	9	7	10	8	8	9	8	6	9	8	8	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	12	7	10	10	6	6	10	9	8	10	8	10	8	8	9	9	7	10	9	9	8
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	5:23	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	16	16	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	16	16	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	22	21	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	18	-	8	-	-	-	-	20	12	12	10	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 19					Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	18	17	19	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3856	4039	2455	6947	5189	3133	3056	3315	2133	1440	1664	1775	1418	1455	3514	4230	5330	4844	4186	3544	3111	1842
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:58PM 1.78									6:26PM 2.50				7:44AM 1.84				8:21PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		11:41AM 0.56				11:19PM 0.59					12:07PM 0.54				1:27AM 0.59				2:02PM 0.59
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	10	11	10	8	7	8	6	9	9	10	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	6	10	10	9	6	6	6	4	8	9	10	8	7	7	5	7	6	6	6	8	6	7
Sunrise	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	18	17	19	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	20	21	18	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 19																	Sunday 20
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17
Energy(?)	3269	4081	2554	3952	4799	2085	2214	4421	2254	1617	2495	2834	2272	4196	5189	5008	4537	4374	3944	3895	3594	2703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												5:19PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)																			12:14AM 0.60
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	8	9	11	11	11	12	11	12	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	6	7	8	6	8	11	10	10	11	10	10	8	8	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 W	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 W	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	22	18	22	18	20	22	21	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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