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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			Wednesday 23
	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	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Smoothwater 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
Rating	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNW	3.0 N	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNE	1.7 N	1.2 W	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	12	12	13	15	15	15	13
Energy(?)	1140	915	821	4196	4822	3506	3606	1628	2053	1719	1314	1247	505	320	245	1106	579	1253	2117	2111	811	1235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:17AM		1:39PM	1:55AM		2:21PM	2:39AM		2:15PM		3:36AM	4:20PM		4:48AM	5:35PM		6:04AM		7:29PM			11:27PM
Low Tide / height (m)		7:27AM 7:13PM		7:49PM	8:06AM		8:32PM	8:09AM		9:24PM	9:59AM		10:31PM	11:15AM 7:27AM		11:47PM		12:29PM		7:45AM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	4	10	7	3	28	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	15	15	18	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	20	19	18	18	18	18	19	17	17	17	12	13
Low °C	14	14	17	14	14	16	16	17	18	17	19	18	17	17	17	16	19	16	14	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	18	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	20	19	18	18	18	18	19	17	17	17	10	12
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:02	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNW	3.0 N	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNE	1.7 N	1.6 NNW	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	10	12	12	13	15	15	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.3 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 N	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	7	11	11	16	15	15	14	15	16	14	14	14	9	10	7	7	6	20	10	8	4	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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	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	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 N	1.9 N	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1187	1140	1006	992	915	821	821	1248	1484	4196	5459	5239	4822	3775	3506	3201	3910	3606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:17AM 1.87				1:39PM 1.81				1:55AM 1.79				2:21PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	7:13PM 0.49				7:27AM 0.52				7:02PM 0.58				8:06AM 0.58				8:32PM 0.62
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	1	1	1
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	14	15	18	14	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	14	15	18	13	14	15	15	13	13	16	15	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 N	1.9 N	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	7	10	11	11	11	11	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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