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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	Thu	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	1.9 N	1.6 NNE	1.1 N	0.8 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.6 NNW	2.3 NNE	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	7	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	7	9	10
Energy	1717	1384	774	730	414	238	244	1508	1709	1992	1434	1307	1316	786	868	518	284	322	224	290	1172	1105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:36PM 1.87	9:55AM 1.91		10:15PM 1.92	9:50AM 2.56		10:16PM 3.14	10:36AM 3.13		10:35PM 2.83	10:53AM 2.78		11:13PM 2.84	11:50AM 3.10	12:25PM 1.93	12:29AM 2.03		12:22PM 2.54	12:41AM 3.06		1:42PM 1.85	1:11AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)		3:46AM 0.59	3:25PM 0.48		3:42AM 0.48	3:57PM 0.46		4:28AM 1.04	4:25PM 0.46		4:47AM 0.48	5:04PM 0.47		5:38AM 1.05		6:25PM 0.52	6:10AM 0.76		6:36PM 1.09	6:45AM 0.56		7:01PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	14	23	16	27	20	6	15	13	2	1	3	11	14	12
High °C	10	11	12	12	14	15	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	17	13	13	14	14	13	14	12	14
Low °C	9	9	11	12	11	15	12	13	15	16	16	15	16	15	13	12	14	13	11	14	12	14
Chill °C (?)	9	10	12	10	13	14	12	11	15	15	16	16	16	16	13	12	13	14	12	13	11	13
Sunrise	-	8:07	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	1.9 N	1.6 NNE	1.1 N	0.8 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.6 NNW	2.3 NNE	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	7	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	7	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.6 N	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.5 W	1.4 NW	1.6 N
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	5	12	12	13	12	12	11	9	8	14	6	7	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 29	Saturday 30	Sunday 31
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	8	9	10	10
Energy	1703	1717	1700	1655	1384	602	774	577	882	730	650	396	414	365	238	216	236	244	425	823	1508	1332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:36PM 1.87				9:08AM 2.54				10:15PM 1.92				9:50AM 2.56				10:16PM 3.14				10:15AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)				3:46AM 0.59				3:18PM 0.48				3:40AM 0.48				3:47PM 0.47				4:28AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	10	10	9	9	9	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	14	15	13	12	12	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	7	8	7	10	12	10	10	11	10	10	9	13	14	12	11	11	12	11	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.2 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	7	8	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	5	5	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

	Thursday 28	Friday 29
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Energy	1358	1602	1703	1703	1709	1717	1717	1684	1700	1677	1655	1655	1509	1403	1384	1365	602	602	532	524	774	1083
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:36PM 1.87												9:55AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)										3:46AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	13	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	9	10	10	13	13	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3