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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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	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	3	3	2	3	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	16	16	14	14	14	22	20	18	17	8	12	13	12	15	14	14	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	278	73	748	612	536	521	178	236	216	249	336	1388	3020	4242	4362	3700	1297	1645	3728	4301	3427	1505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:27PM		12:09AM	12:58PM		1:15AM 12:27PM		1:29PM	1:44AM		1:59PM	1:38AM		2:31PM	2:46AM		2:27PM	2:47AM 12:09AM	4:47AM	5:31PM		4:43AM
Low Tide / height (m)		6:37PM		6:52AM		7:09PM	7:23AM		7:39PM	7:52AM		7:33PM	8:23AM		8:42PM	8:56AM		8:42PM	10:34AM		12:02AM	10:40AM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	7	8	24	7	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	14	14	15	16	18	20	18	19	19	18	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	17	16	16
Low °C	14	16	13	13	14	15	17	19	17	18	19	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	17	14	13	15	16	18	20	18	19	18	17	11	12	12	14	14	14	15	17	16	16
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	16	16	14	14	7	7	11	11	13	15	12	12	11	15	14	14	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	18	18	5	5	7	7	14	14	7	18	17	-	14	19	18	10	9	16	8	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.7 N	1.5 NNW	3.0 NW	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	6	8	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	278	341	73	376	322	748	729	628	612	551	536	259	536	521	581	586	178	63
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:27PM 2.02				12:44AM 1.98				12:58PM 2.02					1:15AM 1.97			12:54PM 3.19
Low Tide / height (m)				6:37PM 0.36				6:52AM 0.36				6:30PM 0.17	7:09PM 0.34
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	17	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	16	15	15	15	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	17	15	14	14	14	12	12	13	14	16	15	15	14	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.2 N	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	16	5	16	4	5	7	7	14	7	7	7	7	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	-	-	11	3	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	-	-

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