West Coast South Island Surf

West Coast South Island Surf Forecast

Detailed West Coast South Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in West Coast South Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in West Coast South Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in West Coast South Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from West Coast South Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: West Coast South Island Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, West Coast South Island Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, West Coast South Island Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, West Coast South Island Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: West Coast South Island Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: West Coast South Island Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, West Coast South Island Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, West Coast South Island Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, West Coast South Island Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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West Coast South Island Wavefinder

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	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Rapahoe/Chimney Pots West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	0	2	9	5	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 N	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.5 N	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.3 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	10	7	8	12	10	10	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	9	10	10	11	17	17	17	16
Energy	807	1310	730	703	399	210	252	244	622	676	686	1000	753	789	1842	1604	3506	3344	10152	3770	3377	5384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:31AM 2.76	12:25PM 1.93	11:59PM 2.96		12:28PM 3.05	12:30AM 2.77		1:07PM 2.97	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:40AM 1.81		2:36PM 2.80			3:27PM 2.74		4:22AM 1.73	4:23PM 2.71		5:21AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)				6:15AM 1.07		6:21PM 0.53	7:06AM 0.50		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		8:32PM 0.62	8:24AM 1.13		9:19PM 0.63	8:58AM 0.67		9:36PM 1.16	10:45AM 0.60		10:21PM 0.70	11:43AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	4	8	-	-	-	1	3	4	15	8	5	34	3	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	15	14	13	13	13	12	14	16	14	15	14	12	13	13	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	10
Low °C	15	13	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	13	11	12	12	9	12	10	9	9	11	12	9
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	13	13	11	13	15	14	14	14	10	13	12	9	12	9	8	11	12	12	10
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.7 NNE	1.7 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.5 N	1.3 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.3 W	0.6 NW	0.9 NNW	0.5 NNW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	8	12	10	10	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	10	11	17	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.1 SW	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 N	1.2 NW	0.5 N	0.1 W	-	1.1 W	-	-	-	1.0 SW
Period (s)	8	19	10	10	10	11	9	10	10	9	12	12	8	10	8	24	-	19	-	-	-	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04	Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Rapahoe/Chimney Pots West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.7 N	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.5 N	1.7 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s)	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	8	8	9	9	9
Energy	807	946	1310	814	724	730	607	850	703	515	399	304	260	210	122	139	252	350	244	582	560	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:50AM 3.10	12:25PM 1.93			11:59PM 2.96	12:04AM 3.12				12:28PM 3.05				12:41AM 3.06				1:07PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)				5:55PM 0.77					6:15AM 1.07				6:36PM 1.09				7:06AM 0.50				7:40PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	1	6	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	2	2	8	4
Temp. °C	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	13	13	11	10	11	10	10	12	13	16	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	12	12	11	12	11	9	13	13	10	9	10	8	8	10	12	15	12	12	14
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 NNE	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.5 N	1.7 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	0.1 SW	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	19	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	4	10	9	10	10	14	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.9 NNE	-	-	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.2 NNE	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	8	8	7	7

	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Nine Mile 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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 NNW	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.4 WNW	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8
Energy	850	889	807	807	324	946	938	882	1310	883	876	814	1083	691	724	778	744	730	735	511	607	611
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						11:50AM 3.10												11:59PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)												5:55PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NNW	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 WNW	1.7 NNE	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.3 N	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 N	0.1 SW	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	0.3 W	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	19	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-