West Coast South Island Surf

Detailed West Coast South Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in West Coast South Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in West Coast South Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in West Coast South Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from West Coast South Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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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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West Coast South Island Wavefinder

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	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			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	Tauranga Bay 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	Haast Beach 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Rapahoe West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River 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
Rating	4	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	16	14	13	7	9
Energy(?)	1252	828	758	2148	2446	949	1285	236	304	861	902	859	201	245	659	227	371	768	565	734	736	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:28PM		5:05AM 4:02AM	5:19PM		6:22AM		7:19PM	7:48AM		7:36PM	8:43AM		9:07PM	9:31AM	5:16PM	9:51PM		1:46PM	1:58AM
Low Tide / height (m)	10:12AM		10:51PM	11:14AM		11:59PM	12:29PM	1:03PM	1:37AM		2:03PM 11:03AM	1:51AM		2:16PM	3:20AM		3:43PM		8:41AM	6:54PM		9:06AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	-
High °C	13	14	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	16	17	15	17	17	15	14	14	12	14
Low °C	11	13	9	11	12	9	11	11	11	12	12	13	15	16	14	17	16	15	13	13	8	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	8	11	12	9	10	11	10	11	12	14	16	17	15	17	16	15	14	14	10	13
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 N	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.1 N	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	13	20	18	15	14	11	13	12	16	13	8	8	13	13	12	16	14	13	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	1.3 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	18	17	13	12	12	12	12	18	11	16	11	7	13	12	8	8	7	7	4	10	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	1.8 W	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	2.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	13	14	8	-	13	7	3	12	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	7	-

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Rapahoe 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	2	1	2	1	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	9	8	7	14	13	13	8	14	8	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1946	1558	1252	990	828	1067	584	758	2510	2148	2148	394	2446	314	1014	949	746	821
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		4:02AM 2.35				4:36PM 2.65				5:52AM 1.68				5:37PM 2.56				6:50AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				10:12AM 0.71				11:39PM 0.68				11:22AM 1.03				12:39AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	13	14	13	12	10	9	9	11	14	13	13	11	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	12	13	10	10	8	7	8	11	13	12	11	9	9	8	8
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 W	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	13	15	13	13	13	20	14	18	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	18	18	17	11	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	7	14	13	13	8	14	8	7	8	8	7