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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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	Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sun
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	0	4	4	0	4	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	-	18	8	9	15	15	11	13	13	18	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	2892	1896	1713	0	1140	515	686	681	466	150	323	119	259	484	774	339	566	231	229	334	122	158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:48PM 2.86		4:30AM 2.52	4:56PM 2.55		5:38AM 2.85	6:14PM 2.89		6:43AM 2.42		7:32PM 2.36	8:22AM 2.13		9:18PM 1.84	9:53AM 1.88		10:25PM 1.92	10:19AM 3.19		10:29PM 2.95	10:53AM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)			10:24PM 0.94	10:43AM 0.52		11:22PM 1.04	11:54AM 1.11		12:31AM 1.12		1:01PM 0.62	1:47AM 0.61		2:46PM 0.44	3:37AM 0.57		4:10PM 0.47		4:06AM 0.91	4:28PM 0.24		4:37AM 0.25
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	16	20	18	16	17	18	16	18	17	16	18	17	16	19	17	16	19	15	15	17
Low °C	16	16	14	17	17	14	16	18	16	15	17	15	17	17	15	17	16	12	17	15	11	16
Chill °C (?)	14	17	16	20	18	16	17	18	16	18	16	16	18	17	16	19	17	16	19	15	15	17
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	10	-	18	8	9	15	8	11	11	4	18	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 WSW	-	0.3 N	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	11	11	21	-	15	17	16	7	13	6	13	10	13	16	15	15	13	13	12	12	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25							Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay 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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	-	-	9	9	16	16	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	3409	3173	1760	3264	3160	1576	1268	1110	1044	1333	1190	672	0	0	1642	1463	1183	1034	570	846	609	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	3:27AM 2.79				3:59PM 2.66	4:05PM 3.07				4:30AM 2.52				5:24PM 2.14				6:13AM 1.76				5:51PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)			9:53AM 0.95					10:24PM 0.94				10:51AM 0.50				11:57PM 0.56				11:49AM 0.60
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2
Temp. °C	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	13	14	16	17	22	20	17	16	15	14	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	14	14	16	15	14	12	14	16	17	22	20	17	16	15	13	16	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.3 NNW	0.1 N	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	-	-	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	-	-	16	9	8	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 N	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	16	12	10	10	10	10	20	20	19	-	-	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay 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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3896	3675	1967	2914	3039	1864	1840	1790	1760	2892	3264	2078	0	0	2257	2257	2265	2265	1551	2507	2192	2055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:44AM 3.02													4:40PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)									9:53AM 0.95													10:09PM 0.41
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	19	19	19	19	16	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	19	19	19	19	16	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	-	-	11	11	20	20	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	16	-	-	13	13	11	11	10	10	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-

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