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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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	Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20
	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
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	7	14	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	561	351	203	2576	1972	4105	6637	2765	1680	1032	1230	1496	3629	4216	4152	1263	1902	1299
Wind (km/h)	5	10	5	5	15	15	10	5	5	10	5	10	0	10	10	15	10	10
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:55PM	1:22AM		1:05PM	1:23AM	12:55PM	2:09PM	2:28AM		2:14PM	2:57AM		3:33PM		4:37AM	5:21PM
Low Tide / height (m)	6:58AM		7:15PM	7:31AM		7:13PM	7:58AM		8:20PM	8:53AM		8:44PM	9:14AM 6:45PM		10:18PM	11:03AM		10:58PM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	9	1	-	22	9	4	-	-	-	-	2	7	2	-	-	-	-	20
High °C	12	13	13	13	15	13	12	14	12	15	13	14	14	14	13	16	15	13
Low °C	12	12	12	12	14	10	10	13	10	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	15	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	13	14	11	11	14	11	14	13	14	14	14	12	16	14	13
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	6	7	14	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 N
Period (s)	7	13	13	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	16	10	-	-	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	17	13	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	561	204	351	257	111	203	1212	1754	2576	3009	1972	7000	2340	4105	7844	7193	6637	3249
Wind (km/h)	5	10	10	10	0	5	20	15	5	20	15	20	25	15	15	10	10	5
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:05PM 1.90				1:12AM 1.96				12:54PM 2.77				1:57AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	6:58AM 0.42				6:40PM 0.88				7:21AM 0.40				7:20PM 0.51				8:08AM 0.54
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	2	1	-	-	-	1	6	8	9	4	8	3	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	13	12	15	13	13	11	9	9	10	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	13	13	10	14	11	11	9	7	7	9	13
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	1.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	7	6	7	7	7	14	14	14	16	14	13	17	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	13	13	13	13	13	7	-	-	-	18	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-	3.0 W	-	3.5 W	2.5 W	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	7	-	14	-	17	13	-	15	-	-	-

West Coast South Island Surf Breaks