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South Island West Coast · New Zealand

Thursday, Sep 24

Where to surf

Westport Tauranga Bay7:00 AM–9:00 AM GMT+12

Large waves · Low confidence

10.4–10.7 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 3.5 kt · direction unavailable

Cautions
  • Large waves are forecast. Choose conditions that suit your experience.
Other places to check
  • Punakaiki · 8:00 AM–9:00 AM GMT+12 · Large waves
    9.2–9.3 ft · Offshore waves · not face height · 4.7 kt
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 windowWindTideHourly timeline
Westport Tauranga BayWSW offshore model swell · 10.5 ft @ 11s
UnavailableLarge wavesLow confidence7:00 AM–9:00 AMENE 3.5 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailable
PunakaikiWSW offshore model swell · 9.3 ft @ 10s
UnavailableLarge wavesLow confidence8:00 AM–9:00 AMN 2.5 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailable

South Island West Coast

2 spots

Westport Tauranga Bay

Unavailable

Offshore swell: WSW 10.5 ft @ 11s

Large wavesLow confidenceWhen to go7:00 AM–9:00 AM
WindENE 3.5 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable2.8Unavailable
UUnavailable3.1Unavailable
UUnavailable3Unavailable
UUnavailable2.4Unavailable
UUnavailable2.7Unavailable
UUnavailable4Unavailable
UUnavailable3.6Unavailable
UUnavailable1.6Unavailable
UUnavailable3.5Unavailable
UUnavailable2Unavailable
UUnavailable4.7Unavailable
UUnavailable6.9Unavailable
UUnavailable11.4Unavailable
UUnavailable13Unavailable
UUnavailable13.1Unavailable
UUnavailable13.2Unavailable
UUnavailable13Unavailable
UUnavailable10.6Unavailable
UUnavailable9.9Unavailable
UUnavailable8.5Unavailable
UUnavailable6.1Unavailable
UUnavailable5.8Unavailable
UUnavailable3.6Unavailable
UUnavailable4Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Punakaiki

Unavailable

Offshore swell: WSW 9.3 ft @ 10s

Large wavesLow confidenceWhen to go8:00 AM–9:00 AM
WindN 2.5 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable6.1Unavailable
UUnavailable5Unavailable
UUnavailable2.4Unavailable
UUnavailable2.4Unavailable
UUnavailable6.1Unavailable
UUnavailable7.9Unavailable
UUnavailable7.3Unavailable
UUnavailable5.5Unavailable
UUnavailable2.5Unavailable
UUnavailable4.7Unavailable
UUnavailable8Unavailable
UUnavailable10.4Unavailable
UUnavailable10.9Unavailable
UUnavailable11.3Unavailable
UUnavailable11Unavailable
UUnavailable10.4Unavailable
UUnavailable9.6Unavailable
UUnavailable10Unavailable
UUnavailable9.2Unavailable
UUnavailable6.4Unavailable
UUnavailable6.5Unavailable
UUnavailable6.4Unavailable
UUnavailable6.3Unavailable
UUnavailable4.7Unavailable
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