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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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	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	7	5	4	4	3	0	2	0	5	7	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	2.2 NNW	5.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	7	10	11	11	14	13	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	9461	4942	4258	2246	1256	645	490	619	5662	4279	2713	3671	2407	1442	2921	1140	1365	1432	1197	1422	554	460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:34PM 3.00	9:00AM 2.97		9:55PM 1.94	9:40AM 2.61		9:59PM 3.20	10:17AM 2.69		10:35PM 3.24	10:53AM 3.17		10:48PM 3.09	11:24AM 3.18		11:39PM 3.20	11:39AM 2.99		11:53PM 2.99		12:26PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)		2:47AM 0.97		3:45PM 0.51		3:29AM 0.29	3:51PM 0.84		4:08AM 0.20	4:17PM 0.24		4:45AM 0.70	5:01PM 0.70		5:18AM 0.68	5:33PM 0.70		5:33AM 0.19	5:48PM 0.27		6:15AM 0.28
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	25	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	10	11	9	11	11	11	13	11	10	13	12	9	11	14	10	13	13	10	12	12
Low °C	10	6	9	10	7	8	10	10	11	11	7	11	11	6	11	12	9	12	12	9	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	6	10	10	8	10	10	7	10	10	10	12	11	9	10	13	9	12	12	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.7 NW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	13	12	12	11	11	9	13	11	11	14	13	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	-	2.0 WNW	1.2 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNE	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 NNE	0.6 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	11	-	10	13	10	10	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NNW	5.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	1.9 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	6	7	9
Energy(?)	3169	4013	5226	6564	5209	4913	3042	2517	2956	2548	1538	1256	1025	1002	645	509	359	496	308	305	1033	3134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:34PM 3.00	9:09PM 1.86			9:00AM 2.97					9:20PM 3.12				9:43AM 3.07				9:38PM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)	2:21PM 1.12													3:11AM 0.34				3:27PM 0.34				4:10AM 0.76
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Temp. °C	11	11	9	7	6	7	7	10	11	10	9	8	7	7	8	11	12	10	9	9	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	6	5	3	6	4	9	11	10	8	7	5	6	6	10	10	9	7	7	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	10	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	9	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.9 W	-	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	-	0.4 NNE	1.1 NW	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	-	10	10	-	8	10	-	-	10	-	9	-	13	8	8	8	18	18	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	0.9 NNW	1.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.5 NNW
Period (s)	11	10	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	6	7	9

	Thursday 18											Friday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	14	14	11	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3008	3201	3169	9376	9602	4393	3850	7041	6483	6544	5055	4942	4942	4398	4189	4135	3844	3716	3759	3786	3341	2679
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:28PM 2.53												8:51AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)			2:21PM 1.12												2:47AM 0.97
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	8
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	8	6	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	4	7	6	7	9	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.0 NW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	15	14	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	16	16	-	-	16	16	16	11	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 W	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	14	11	10	14	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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