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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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	Sat	Sunday 30			Monday 31			Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02			Thursday 03			Friday 04			Saturday 05
	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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	527	306	500	1044	1520	577	1493	1349	642	1554	1909	1018	1030	1250	1587	1314	1382	960	1556	317	1026	645
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:25AM	12:42PM		12:28AM	12:48PM 11:45PM		1:51AM		2:14PM	2:38AM		3:06PM	3:31AM		3:16PM		4:32AM	5:17PM 12:42PM	4:03AM		6:54PM
Low Tide / height (m)		6:32AM	6:56PM		6:37AM	7:00PM	7:40PM	8:00AM		8:27PM	8:49AM	6:32AM	9:18PM	9:05AM		10:16PM	10:53AM		1:32AM	10:41AM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	5	11	46	17	12	2	5	3	-
High °C	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	17	18	17	20	17	15	16	17	17	17	18	16	17	16	15
Low °C	14	14	15	14	15	16	15	16	17	17	18	16	14	16	16	16	17	17	14	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	17	18	17	20	17	15	15	16	17	17	18	16	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.5 NNE	1.3 N	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 NW	0.9 WSW	1.1 N	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	10	14	10	10	16	5	12	12	11	14	16	15	12	11	10	10	10	9	8	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	6	-	-

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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	Smoothwater Bay 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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	605	527	518	311	306	247	500	686	769	1044	1198	1380	1520	734	577	1471	1493	1493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:25AM 2.16				12:02PM 3.47					1:07AM 2.19			12:50PM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)				5:52AM -0.14				6:56PM 0.01					7:15AM 0.05				7:40PM 0.06
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	14	14	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	17	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	15	17	16	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	14	14	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	13	5	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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