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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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	Fri	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street 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	Smoothwater Bay 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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
Rating	4	2	5	9	9	7	5	5	4	4	2	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	6	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	10	12	16	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	9	12	13	21	19
Energy(?)	423	429	972	6376	9308	7998	8543	4241	3354	979	662	4100	5439	3078	2278	1318	746	367	237	1057	1799	3084
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:22PM 2.64	11:23AM 2.88		11:43PM 3.00		12:04PM 2.91	12:23AM 3.04		1:07PM 2.61	1:23AM 2.72		1:50PM 2.59	2:37AM 2.03		3:06PM 1.93			3:55PM 1.87		4:19AM 1.92	4:13PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16AM 0.35	5:32PM 0.32		5:56AM 0.27		6:12PM 0.28	6:38AM 0.23		7:13PM 0.29	7:41AM 0.20		8:27PM 0.45	8:26AM 0.23		9:13PM 0.47	9:15AM 0.30		10:05PM 0.52	10:39AM 0.50		10:25PM 0.74
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	8	5	10	16	9	12	10	3	1	45	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	11	9	9	13	10	12	10	10	11	10	11	11	9	9	10	10	11	11	8
Low °C	11	11	12	9	8	8	12	10	11	9	9	10	7	9	10	8	8	9	9	7	10	7
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	8	6	7	10	9	11	7	6	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	10	6
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 N	1.7 NW	2.3 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 NE	1.4 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	12	16	15	15	14	13	14	7	14	14	13	13	13	12	9	7	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	1.4 N	0.7 W	-	2.5 N	2.5 N	-	0.9 NNE	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW	1.6 NW	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	13	-	9	9	-	8	11	8	8	6	-	-	-	22	21	12	12	24	21	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	5	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

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	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie 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	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	5	5	4	4	9	7	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NNW	1.0 W	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	14	9	9	9	9	10	13	14	14	13	13	16	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13
Energy(?)	602	423	444	425	429	736	1169	3113	7679	6522	5511	5510	9308	8065	7998	7275	9335	6425	4435	3922	4501	3529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:03PM 2.93				11:23AM 2.88					12:01AM 2.70				12:59PM 2.03				1:14AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)				5:16AM 0.35				5:32PM 0.32					6:47AM 0.45				6:32PM 0.30				6:48AM 0.21
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	6	1	1	2	2	3	5	4	4	2	2	5	1	3	7	5	4	3	1	2	3	2
Temp. °C	13	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	11	8	9	11	9	9	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	9	7	7	6	8	5	7	8	8	8	9	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NNW	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 NW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	13	14	14	13	13	16	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 NW	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	2.5 N	1.7 W	2.5 N	2.2 NNE	-	1.4 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	8	8	8	9	9	9	16	-	-	-	-	9	18	9	9	-	8	16	16	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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