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 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Smoothwater 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	3	3	3	3	4	3	1	4	2	9	8	3	5	8	7	5	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	2.2 NW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	8	9	11	10	9	10	9	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	17	16	15	15
Energy	701	710	695	805	1332	716	1172	1896	1156	8850	7373	3276	3639	7565	6031	3879	1382	1057	4499	3669	1400	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:21AM 2.99		1:32PM 2.58	2:05AM 2.91		2:17PM 2.52	2:53AM 2.84		3:27PM 2.74		4:22AM 1.73	4:23PM 2.71		5:21AM 1.72	5:57PM 1.69		5:47AM 2.84		6:57PM 1.73	7:21AM 1.82		7:20PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 1.12		7:57PM 1.13	8:59AM 0.62		8:44PM 1.15	9:16AM 1.12		10:11PM 0.64	10:45AM 0.60		10:10PM 0.73	11:43AM 0.56		12:08AM 0.60		12:06PM 0.98	1:08AM 0.55		1:03PM 0.89	1:30AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	13	7	6	7	-	2	1	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	15	13	12	14	12	11	12	11	13	12	11	9	10	10	12	11	11	12	11	12
Low °C	12	12	14	12	11	13	9	8	11	10	11	12	11	8	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	13	9	14	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	9	10	9	12	11	11	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	8:12	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	2.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NNW	1.0 NNW	3.0 W	2.2 W	4.0 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 NW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	10	9	17	11	8	16	16	15	15	14	14	17	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	1.0 W	-	0.9 NNE	1.3 WNW	-	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	-	8	10	-	10	10	9	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	9	-	-	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 05	Saturday 06	Sunday 07
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	7	9	9	8	10	10	10
Energy	771	701	758	706	710	759	695	746	684	805	804	757	1332	633	716	766	1210	1172	1397	2432	1896	1383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:21AM 2.99				1:32PM 2.58				2:05AM 2.91				2:17PM 2.52				2:49AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)	7:40PM 0.55				7:37AM 1.12				7:57PM 1.13				8:59AM 0.62				8:45PM 0.67					9:16AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	3	4	2	4	3	3	2	4	2	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	12	12	13	15	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	14	12	12	12	12	9	8	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	11	11	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	9	13	14	10	10	9	9	9	7	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NNW	1.0 N	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 NNW	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	1.0 W	0.1 SW	1.2 N	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	1.2 N	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 NNW	-	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	8	-	9	9	8	9	10	10	11	-	9	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	7	9	9	8	10	-	-

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	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	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Cobden Breakwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Energy	596	712	771	606	701	701	716	742	758	706	706	706	682	725	710	710	1073	759	758	827	695	695
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:21AM 2.99												1:50PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		7:40PM 0.55												7:37AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	0.6 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 N	-	0.9 N	1.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-