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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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	Fri		Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thu
	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
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1247	5733	5557	9502	6903	3339	2322	4136	3890	1367	4423	1365	1045	1059	777	633	550	251
Wind (km/h)	5	15	0	15	10	10	10	10	5	5	20	5	5	10	5	5	5	5
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:33PM	8:55AM		9:22PM	9:41AM		10:07PM	10:25AM 8:33PM		10:51PM	11:10AM		10:55PM	11:06AM		11:31PM
Low Tide / height (m)		2:45AM	2:21PM	3:10PM		3:31AM	3:45PM		4:15AM	4:39PM		4:59AM	5:24PM		4:55AM	5:34PM		5:50AM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	12	2	1	1	-	3	1	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	13	12	10	14	14	10	11	12	10	11	12	8	11	10	10	14
Low °C	14	12	12	12	9	13	13	8	10	12	6	10	11	8	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	12	13	10	9	14	13	8	8	12	7	11	12	6	11	10	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:18
Sunset	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W
Period (s)	19	20	6	-	-	11	11	12	-	10	-	-	11	11	10	10	9	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	16	17	19	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16
Energy(?)	1247	1408	4092	5733	10616	10847	5557	10418	9502	8715	7820	6903	5790	3277	3339	2043	2322	4014
Wind (km/h)	5	5	5	15	5	5	0	5	15	10	10	10	10	15	10	0	10	20
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	flow	high	high	ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:33PM 1.78				8:45AM 1.97					9:22PM 1.91			8:46AM 3.13	9:06AM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)	2:21PM 0.43				2:45AM 0.43					3:10PM 0.28								3:15PM 0.07
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	10	9	10	12	13	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	10	12	12	12	13	10	11	9	8	9	10	12	12	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	14	13	16	17	19	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	19	17	20	20	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16

West Coast South Island Surf Breaks