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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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	Wed		Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wed
	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 West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	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	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
Rating	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	19	16	16	18	15	16	18	16	15	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	2920	1617	841	589	1338	4775	3040	3945	2478	1602	3198	2339	1993	3460	1842	3594	3826	5263	4746	2216	1382	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:06PM 1.93	2:45AM 2.74		3:16PM 2.59		3:27AM 2.84	4:13PM 2.52		4:43AM 2.83	5:58PM 1.78		6:33AM 1.83		7:10PM 1.79	7:44AM 1.84		8:21PM 1.85	8:52AM 1.89		9:25PM 1.93	9:54AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		8:34PM 0.36	9:05AM 0.31		9:26PM 0.43	9:49AM 0.41		10:25PM 0.51	11:01AM 0.73		12:14AM 0.60		12:50PM 0.60	1:27AM 0.59		1:27PM 1.09	2:37AM 0.54		3:11PM 0.55		3:40AM 0.46	4:10PM 0.48
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	9	8	5	8	8	8	9	12	9	9	10	9	10	11	8	10	10	11	10	10
Low °C	11	8	6	7	5	7	8	6	7	12	8	7	9	9	8	10	8	8	10	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	8	3	7	6	6	9	12	7	9	10	7	8	10	6	10	10	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	14	16	16	18	15	16	18	16	15	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	-	1.0 SW	0.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 W	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	22	21	22	19	-	20	24	18	21	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 16			Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Blaketown Wedge 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
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	20	19	18	17	16	17	16	16	19	18	17	16
Energy(?)	3045	2446	1952	1617	1298	1005	841	746	574	494	798	1338	2460	4128	4775	946	3040	2787	1581	3945	4108	3870
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:45AM 2.74					3:55PM 1.87				4:19AM 1.92				4:52PM 1.82				5:23AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			8:34PM 0.36					9:05AM 0.31				10:05PM 0.52				10:04AM 0.96				11:05PM 0.57
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	10	9	8	6	8	10	10	7	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	6
Chill °C (?)	7	9	8	8	6	4	6	9	8	6	3	3	3	2	5	8	6	6	6	7	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	23	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	18	17	16	17	16	16	14	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	1.2 W	1.0 SW	0.9 NW	1.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	22	22	21	21	20	20	22	20	19	13	22	-	13	20	9	19	24	24	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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