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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 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 31			Tuesday 01			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	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Shingles 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	Charleston 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	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	16
Energy(?)	610	640	2660	2529	1178	1143	534	767	967	297	518	306	243	1162	1198	1180	560	669	1034	1203	1164	463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:15PM	10:33AM		11:01PM	11:16AM		11:44PM	11:59AM		11:45PM	12:03PM		12:28AM	12:48PM		1:11AM		4:30PM	4:26AM		5:03PM
Low Tide / height (m)	4:02PM		4:25AM	4:48PM 4:02PM		5:08AM	5:31PM		5:50AM	5:36PM		5:52AM	6:18PM		6:37AM 3:36AM	6:52PM		8:00AM		11:14PM	10:01AM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	14	13	14	16	16	17	15	15	16	15	16	17	15	16	16	15	17	16	15	17	19
Low °C	14	13	12	14	15	16	16	15	14	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	16	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	13	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	14	17	16	15	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:46	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:48	-	-	8:02	-
Sunset	7:47	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	16	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 WNW	0.3 N
Period (s)	20	18	12	11	11	11	11	18	10	8	10	14	14	10	16	15	5	13	6	5	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Wednesday 26			Thursday 27								Friday 28
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	610	546	620	640	985	1216	2660	2594	2529	1512	1082	1178	1074	1045	1143	1016	534	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- 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
High Tide / height (m)				10:15PM 1.82				10:33AM 1.94				10:17PM 2.80				10:25AM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 0.41				4:25AM 0.39				4:06PM 0.18				4:23AM 0.18				5:31PM 0.11
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	14	16	16	16	16	15	16	18	17	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	12	13	16	16	16	16	15	16	18	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	20	19	18	18	18	13	12	11	11	10	-	11	11	11	11	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7

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