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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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	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	2	2	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	0	0	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 N	0.5 WSW	0.6 NNW	1.4 N	0.7 W	1.0 N	0.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	13	7	13	10	10	10	10	9	13	17	15	16	16	14	14	12	18	13	6	11
Energy(?)	141	184	182	412	163	498	339	1149	1292	1170	4325	5951	2543	1807	1193	643	425	287	217	1232	164	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				7:03AM 2.48		7:15PM 2.19	8:15AM 2.58		8:44PM 2.63	8:50AM 2.47		9:46PM 1.82	9:51AM 2.76		10:21PM 2.45	10:35AM 3.12		11:24PM 2.04	11:22AM 2.20		11:27PM 2.88	12:05PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)	12:43PM 0.81		12:42AM 1.44		1:27PM 1.41	1:29AM 1.03		2:34PM 1.29	3:01AM 1.23		3:26PM 1.11	3:58AM 0.46		3:49PM 0.52		4:28AM 0.87	4:42PM 0.39		5:15AM 0.19	5:18PM 0.09		5:56AM 0.10
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	12	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	1	-
High °C	17	18	15	18	18	15	16	16	14	16	16	13	16	16	15	16	17	16	16	17	14	16
Low °C	15	17	14	17	15	12	16	15	12	16	15	12	15	16	13	14	16	15	15	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	18	14	18	18	14	15	15	14	15	14	11	15	15	14	16	17	16	15	16	14	16
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	1.5 N	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	0.5 N	2.5 W	2.2 W	0.3 N	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 NNE	1.0 W	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	6	11	10	6	7	9	10	9	14	17	15	16	16	14	14	12	10	18	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 N	0.9 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	12	13	11	13	10	10	15	8	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	18	12	11	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 N	-	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	10	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	13	-	-

	Thursday 12							Friday 13								Saturday 14
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago
Rating	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.4 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	-
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	8	9	8	10	-
Energy(?)	333	340	80	182	184	227	216	223	212	312	201	639	513	433	689	334	534	581	688	504	1218	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:16AM 1.52				5:50PM 2.18				6:34AM 2.20	7:03AM 2.48				7:43PM 1.98				8:25AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)				12:08PM 1.42				12:42AM 1.44					1:22PM 1.12				1:55AM 1.09				2:20PM 0.89
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	7	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	15	17	18	17	14	14	14	17	16	16	19	18	15	14	14	11	14	16	16	21
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	17	18	17	13	13	13	17	16	16	19	18	14	13	12	10	14	14	14	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 WSW	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	1.0 N	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.0 WSW	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	8	12	8	6	6	7	7	11	10	10	10	10	11	8	9	10	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 N	0.9 WSW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	14	14	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	8	13	13	11	11	9	10	9	9	22	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	6	-	-	8	10	-

	Thursday 12
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago
Rating	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	-
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	12	8	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	-
Energy(?)	349	325	69	131	142	157	101	140	80	116	111	136	170	182	184	130	223	115	230	257	257	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					5:41AM 2.48													6:54PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)												12:18PM 0.76
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	12	12	12	13	11	13	15	17	17	16	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	11	11	11	13	10	13	15	17	17	16	17	18	17	17	17	15	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	8	7	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	12	8	8	7	12	9	7	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.4 N	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	-
Period (s)	14	14	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	8	12	9	11	7	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	-	-	-

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