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South Island West Coast · New Zealand

Today

Where to surf

Westport Tauranga Bay12:00 PM–1:00 PM GMT+12

Large waves · Low confidence

13.6–13.7 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 3.6 kt · direction unavailable

Cautions
  • Large waves are forecast. Choose conditions that suit your experience.
Other places to check
  • Punakaiki · 12:00 PM–1:00 PM GMT+12 · Large waves
    11.9–12.0 ft · Offshore waves · not face height · 5.7 kt onshore
Why this spot?
  • Light wind should keep the water smoother.

South Island West Coast spots

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South Island West Coast

2 spots
South Island West Coast surf forecast
SpotBreaking surfOutlookBest remainingWindTideHourly timeline
Westport Tauranga BayWSW offshore model swell · 13.7 ft @ 10s
UnavailableLarge wavesLow confidence12:00 PM–1:00 PMN 1.9 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailable
PunakaikiWSW offshore model swell · 12.0 ft @ 10s
UnavailableLarge wavesLow confidence12:00 PM–1:00 PMSSW 1.8 ktonshoreUnavailableunavailable

South Island West Coast

2 spots

Westport Tauranga Bay

Unavailable

Offshore swell: WSW 13.7 ft @ 10s

Large wavesLow confidenceWhen to go12:00 PM–1:00 PM
WindN 1.9 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable11.5Unavailable
UUnavailable10.3Unavailable
UUnavailable11.8Unavailable
UUnavailable13.9Unavailable
UUnavailable11.6Unavailable
UUnavailable10.8Unavailable
UUnavailable10.3Unavailable
UUnavailable8Unavailable
UUnavailable4.8Unavailable
UUnavailable2.4Unavailable
UUnavailable7Unavailable
UUnavailable4.2Unavailable
UUnavailable1.9Unavailable
UUnavailable3.6Unavailable
UUnavailable6.9Unavailable
UUnavailable6.7Unavailable
UUnavailable7.8Unavailable
UUnavailable11.4Unavailable
UUnavailable7.6Unavailable
UUnavailable4.8Unavailable
UUnavailable4Unavailable
UUnavailable2.6Unavailable
UUnavailable1.7Unavailable
UUnavailable2Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Punakaiki

Unavailable

Offshore swell: WSW 12.0 ft @ 10s

Large wavesLow confidenceWhen to go12:00 PM–1:00 PM
WindSSW 1.8 ktonshoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable8.8Unavailable
UUnavailable10.4Unavailable
UUnavailable12.4Unavailable
UUnavailable12.3Unavailable
UUnavailable12.1Unavailable
UUnavailable11.4Unavailable
UUnavailable11.4Unavailable
UUnavailable7Unavailable
UUnavailable3Unavailable
UUnavailable4.7Unavailable
UUnavailable6.1Unavailable
UUnavailable3.8Unavailable
UUnavailable1.8Unavailable
UUnavailable5.7Unavailable
UUnavailable7.7Unavailable
UUnavailable8.2Unavailable
UUnavailable9.8Unavailable
UUnavailable5.7Unavailable
UUnavailable5Unavailable
UUnavailable5.8Unavailable
UUnavailable5.5Unavailable
UUnavailable4.8Unavailable
UUnavailable5.6Unavailable
UUnavailable6.2Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Seven-day outlook

DaySurfBest periodWhereWind
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1.5–14 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1.5–13 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0–12.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–16.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–22.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 2.5–16.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1.5–11.5 kt varying direction
Forecast sources 2/6 current

Coastal waves, offshore swell, and surf height describe different conditions. Source availability does not measure forecast accuracy.

Report or official forecast

MetService New Zealand Surf Forecasts

The checked MetService public marine/surf response exposes an HTML application shell but no stable named-spot payload, timestamp schema, units, or update contract; no forecast is scraped.
UnavailableNo source time

Wave observation

New Zealand Regional Wave Buoy Pages

Westport Harbour reports its local buoy offline and not transmitting; the regional dashboard marks its October 2025 values as equipment malfunction. Distant Fairway Beacon and Golden Bay buoys are not substituted.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

NIWA Tide Forecasting API

NIWA tide requests require an API key; no credential bypass is attempted and no station, datum, timezone, or current value is available.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

LINZ Tide Predictions and Sea-Level Data

LINZ is retained as an official tide-table reference, but no spot-specific station, distance, chart datum, timezone, and current response is connected.
UnavailableNo source time

Forecast model

Open-Meteo Marine API

2 of 2 configured model points available
Current