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. Read More

West Coast South Island Surf Forecast

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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. Read More

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West Coast South Island Wavefinder

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	Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02			Thursday 03			Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tue
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge 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	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	6
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	2.3 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	15	13	13	11	12	14	14	14	11	11	10	15
Energy(?)	1471	673	1025	1008	1030	769	1324	1048	712	553	339	3214	3466	1046	819	602	635	765	1303	1183	600	5127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (ft)		2:14PM	1:57AM		2:56PM	2:46AM	NaN	3:32PM	3:41AM		4:42PM		5:34AM	5:56PM		5:54AM	6:40PM				12:56AM
Low Tide / height (ft)	NaN		7:48PM	8:39AM		8:36PM	9:04AM		9:29PM	10:18AM		11:14PM	12:00PM		12:07AM	12:17PM		12:49AM	9:42AM NaN			9:01AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	0.2	-	-	0.0	0.6	0.3
High °F	63	64	63	61	61	59	59	59	63	64	64	57	57	61	57	57	57	55	59	57	61	52
Low °F	61	63	63	61	57	57	59	59	63	63	63	55	55	57	57	54	57	54	59	57	55	52
Chill °F (?)	63	64	63	61	61	57	57	57	63	64	64	54	54	59	57	54	57	52	59	55	57	50
Sunrise	8:00	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:08
Sunset	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	1.9 N	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 NNE	1.5 NNE	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 N	2.3 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	9	8	11	11	12	14	14	8	11	11	10	15
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.7 NW	0.5 WSW	1.1 N	0.8 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 N	1.4 SW	1.0 WNW	0.1 W	0.7 W	0.2 N
Period (s)	14	13	14	15	16	11	11	11	10	9	8	8	18	10	9	9	8	14	14	18	16	16
Wind waves (ft) & direction	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.3 E	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.7 NE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	6

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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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 NW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	3.0 N	3.0 N	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1471	1370	673	1012	1320	1025	1055	1214	1008	1186	1030	1864	1969	769	1348	1351	1324	1129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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 (ft)			1:34PM 10.34				1:57AM 9.97				2:31PM 10.76				2:56AM 10.4
Low Tide / height (ft)	8:00AM 0.39				8:17PM 0.23				8:11AM 0.07				9:08PM 0.82				8:52AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.4
Temp. °F	61	63	64	63	61	63	63	59	61	61	61	59	59	57	59	59	59	59
Chill °F (?)	61	63	64	63	61	63	63	57	61	59	61	57	57	55	57	57	57	57
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 NW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	3.0 N	3.0 N	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	12	12	11	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (ft) & direction	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-