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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 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	2	6	9	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	1	2	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	16	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1294	569	550	521	7220	8619	4456	1354	1145	1245	827	699	594	210	619	701	370	320	214	140	142	262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:57PM	9:12AM 8:39PM		8:57PM	9:27AM		9:53PM	10:23AM		10:47PM	11:54AM		12:21AM	12:43PM	9:12AM	1:12AM			4:09AM	12:06PM	4:11PM
Low Tide / height (m)	2:14AM		2:41PM	3:11AM		3:38PM		4:09AM 2:17AM	4:39PM		5:42AM	6:06PM		6:33AM	6:56PM		7:22AM		8:36PM	11:38AM		9:12PM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	2	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	17	15	15	14	16	18	18	17	16	17	16	17	17	14	16	16	15	17	16	14
Low °C	13	16	17	14	14	14	15	16	17	16	16	17	16	17	16	11	15	16	13	16	16	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	15	14	14	16	17	18	17	15	17	16	17	16	14	16	15	14	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	0.1 N	1.6 W	1.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	16	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	4	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	20	7	6	18	14	-	8	7	12	7	-	11	11	11	13	7	7	6	6	11	11	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	1.0 NNW	-	1.7 W	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	12	-	-	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	-

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	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge 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	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
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	5	6	7	9	7	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	825	1294	683	661	569	560	550	541	351	521	1288	5165	7220	8680	8619	7660	6124	4456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:57PM 2.66				8:31AM 2.65				9:02PM 3.19					10:09AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)			2:14AM 0.33				2:44PM 0.51				3:54AM 0.38					4:21PM 0.36
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	7	-
Temp. °C	16	13	14	14	16	16	17	17	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	12	15
Chill °C (?)	16	12	14	13	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	10	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 WSW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	1.0 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	0.5 N	-	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	7	20	6	5	7	6	6	18	6	18	7	14	14	14	-	6	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

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