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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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	Sat	Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Saturday 26
	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	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	Tauranga 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	6	5	4	5	6	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.3 NW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	12	12	9	14
Energy(?)	3234	2339	1845	2809	5055	2186	2831	4378	5467	2429	1576	1206	617	431	199	274	162	201	272	179	569	452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:49AM 2.51		7:10PM 1.79	7:01AM 2.52		7:34PM 2.57	8:11AM 2.57		8:37PM 2.68	9:54AM 1.95		10:21PM 2.02	10:50AM 2.02		11:11PM 2.09	11:38AM 2.05		11:10PM 2.96	11:35AM 2.83	12:22PM 2.06	11:53PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)	12:14AM 0.60		12:07PM 0.54	1:27AM 0.59		1:15PM 0.53	1:50AM 0.47		2:20PM 0.47	2:53AM 0.36	3:40AM 0.46	4:10PM 0.48		4:35AM 0.38	5:02PM 0.41		5:24AM 0.33	4:58PM 0.21		5:26AM 0.11
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	11	8	10	11	8	10	11	10
Low °C	8	9	10	8	9	9	8	8	10	9	7	10	9	9	9	7	9	9	7	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	7	10	10	7	10	10	8	12	8	9	10	10	7	10	11	6	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.3 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	12	12	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.7 NW	0.2 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	7	7	7	16	16	21	9	9	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Sat	Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 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	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	14
Energy(?)	5189	3234	3056	3315	2339	2107	1845	1775	1418	1455	3514	4484	5055	4555	4037	3495	3111	1842	1704	1533	4378	1390
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									6:26PM 2.50				7:44AM 1.84				8:21PM 1.85				8:52AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		11:31PM 0.55					12:07PM 0.54				1:27AM 0.59				2:02PM 0.59				1:50AM 0.47
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	8	7	9	10	11	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	6	6	7	10	11	8	7	7	7	7	9	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	6	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 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	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	17	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 19					Sunday 20
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	19	19	17	18	18	18	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	16
Energy(?)	7165	4130	3338	5008	3093	3234	3162	5182	3056	2953	3357	3315	2954	2917	2874	2627	2560	2107	1913	1845	2396	1622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													6:33AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)						11:31PM 0.55													12:07PM 0.54
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	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	10	10	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	18	19	19	17	18	18	18	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	17	17	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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