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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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	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	15	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	12	13	12	10	10	10	9	11	11	14	11
Energy(?)	113	164	493	515	672	634	322	378	577	2045	1497	1051	1174	909	1024	520	463	202	158	153	384	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:46PM		5:09AM	6:19PM		6:47AM	6:29PM	7:17PM	7:45AM	5:24PM	7:34PM	8:42AM		9:07PM	9:34AM		9:12PM		2:31PM	2:01AM
Low Tide / height (m)	10:25AM		11:00PM	11:18AM 10:25AM	11:11AM	12:36AM			1:32AM		2:00PM	1:47AM		2:55PM	3:20AM		3:01PM	3:23AM	9:51AM 11:14PM	5:46PM		10:04AM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	18	19	18	18	18	20	23	23	18	18	20	16	18
Low °C	17	17	15	15	16	14	17	17	16	17	18	16	17	16	17	22	22	15	17	19	15	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	16	16	16	17	17	15	18	19	18	17	18	20	23	23	18	18	20	16	18
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 NW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W
Period (s)	8	7	15	14	14	13	8	13	14	13	13	12	13	12	10	10	10	9	11	11	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 NW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 NE	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	8	8	14	7	6	14	14	7	7	6	6	20	18	18	16	16	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 N	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	4	4	-	5

	Sunday 22					Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Punakaiki 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	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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	113	104	164	135	392	493	455	273	515	722	672	280	989	634	634	634	322	384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	on
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
High Tide / height (m)				4:37PM 2.38				5:11AM 2.23				5:39PM 2.55				6:47AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		10:35AM 0.69				11:44PM 0.68				12:04PM 0.73				12:36AM 0.72				12:14PM 0.85
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	17	18	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	19	16	15	14	14	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	18	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	19	16	15	14	14	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.9 NNW	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	8	13	13	13	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.5 NNE	0.5 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	6	11	6	8	14	6	8	7	7	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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