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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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	Sun	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12
	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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	5	7	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	-	1.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	1.8 W	3.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	-	15	7	10	12	15	-	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	-	16	16	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2277	0	798	554	1624	3331	5173	0	3153	2348	2545	2151	1995	1654	5854	0	3085	3524	2584	3638	5919	5846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:11PM 2.89	11:22AM 2.01		11:36PM 2.13	11:27AM 3.37		11:59PM 2.70	12:01PM 3.11		12:25AM 3.56	12:50PM 3.46		1:12AM 3.50		1:35PM 3.39	2:02AM 3.36		2:17PM 2.91	2:46AM 2.77		3:24PM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)		5:09AM 0.19	4:31PM 0.08		5:15AM 0.34	5:48PM -0.06		5:51AM -0.17	5:58PM -0.14		6:39AM 0.31	6:58PM 0.37		7:18AM -0.04		7:46PM 0.50	8:08AM 0.14		8:34PM 0.18	9:25AM 0.36		9:44PM 0.91
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	23	4	1	3	-	2	-	-	1	13	15	-	-	2	4	15	4	8	9
High °C	8	14	13	12	10	12	11	12	13	13	15	13	14	15	13	12	16	15	14	12	10	10
Low °C	6	10	11	9	10	12	10	10	13	11	13	12	14	15	13	10	13	15	13	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	6	13	12	9	7	9	8	10	11	12	14	12	12	14	12	11	14	14	12	9	6	6
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:49	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.8 W	3.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	10	-	-	-	15	-	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	-	10	10	14	14	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	3.0 NW	-	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	-	1.9 NW	-	-
Period (s)	16	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	-	16	16	-	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	4.0 WNW	4.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	10	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	10	-	14	14

	Sun	Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Charleston 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	6	5	5	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	16	12	15	16	-	-	15	15	7	8	8	10	11	12	12	14	16	15	-	14	14
Energy(?)	4626	5007	3126	3116	1207	0	0	1994	1392	554	767	1034	1624	2355	3484	4206	7502	6609	5771	0	3803	3518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
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)		10:55PM 2.01				10:58AM 2.46				11:01PM 3.40				11:17AM 3.06				11:35PM 3.20				12:08PM 3.45
Low Tide / height (m)				5:09AM 0.19				4:43PM 0.08				5:15AM 0.34				5:33PM 0.38				6:13AM -0.13
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	12	1	2	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	2
Temp. °C	11	9	9	8	10	14	14	11	11	12	10	9	10	10	12	11	11	12	12	8	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	7	8	7	9	13	12	9	10	9	7	6	7	6	9	8	8	10	10	7	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	16	12	15	10	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	16	15	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	17	-	16	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	10	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	14	14

	Sunday 05				Monday 06
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Charleston 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	6	5	5	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	16	13	16	12	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	10	16	16	15	15	16	15	-	15	15
Energy(?)	4919	4497	3983	4119	2476	0	0	3537	3126	1692	1646	1527	1425	2194	1206	1172	2124	1729	1492	0	798	791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			10:00PM 3.10	10:55PM 2.01												10:47AM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)										4:34AM 0.48												4:53PM 0.50
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	10	9	7	7	7	10	9	6	6	6	7	11	10	12	13	13	13	15	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	8	9	7	4	7	6	9	8	4	4	4	5	11	9	12	13	12	11	14	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	-	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	13	11	13	11	12	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 W	2.4 WSW	1.1 W	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	18	16	18	16	17	-	-	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	-	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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