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.

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.

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West Coast South Island Wavefinder

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	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Tauranga 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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	12	11	16	10	14	10	10	13	13	14	14	13	13	10	10	11	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1281	1135	3000	1388	1165	1491	2570	694	501	1026	700	1351	754	461	307	1691	1098	1354	1143	574	383	249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:51PM	2:17AM		3:18PM	2:52AM		3:31PM	3:55AM		4:19PM		5:33AM	5:59PM		6:34AM					11:30PM
Low Tide / height (m)	7:41AM		8:09PM	8:25AM		8:44PM	9:54AM		9:45PM	10:05AM		10:40PM	11:43AM	8:49PM	12:19AM	12:47PM		12:42AM	1:26PM			1:25PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	13	17	18	17	17	17	16	18	17	16	18	19	17	17	14	12	16	18	16	14
Low °C	16	15	11	16	17	12	16	17	13	17	17	15	17	18	16	16	13	8	14	17	10	13
Chill °C (?)	17	16	12	16	18	17	17	17	16	18	17	16	18	19	17	17	14	10	15	18	15	13
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	9	12	11	16	10	14	10	10	13	13	14	14	13	13	10	10	11	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	1.4 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.6 WSW	0.3 N	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	1.2 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 WNW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	15	16	19	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	16	13	13	13	5	12	12	20	19	5	4	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	4

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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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	11	10	12	17	11	11	16	16	16	10	10	14	14	14	10
Energy(?)	1281	1165	1135	1208	3104	3000	3509	1832	1388	1195	1165	883	1892	1491	3288	2887	2570	769
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross
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)			1:51PM 2.89				3:02AM 2.02				2:38PM 3.17				3:48AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	7:41AM 0.25				8:49PM 0.41				8:25AM 0.27				9:36PM 0.41				9:54AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	16	15	17	12	12	11	16	18	18	17	17	15	13	12	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	14	17	11	11	10	16	18	18	16	17	14	12	11	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	9	11	10	12	17	11	11	11	16	10	10	10	14	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 W	2.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	8	16	14	15	19	10	18	14	16	14	16	15	14	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4