West Coast South Island Surf

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.

West Coast South Island Surf Forecast

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

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.

West Coast South Island Photos

West Coast South Island Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23
	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	Shingles 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	18	16	14	14	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	14
Energy(?)	397	2285	1730	1286	1137	2748	2045	4007	2258	2176	1245	1069	1217	1177	1694	1822	838	962	1178	1474	1862	769
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:05AM 1.81	5:40PM 1.74		5:49AM 2.83		6:21PM 2.63	7:06AM 2.84		7:43PM 2.89	8:51AM 1.81		8:46PM 3.03	9:04AM 2.59		9:38PM 3.17	10:28AM 2.05		10:47PM 2.15	10:45AM 3.21		11:36PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	10:34PM 0.52	11:20AM 0.64		11:26PM 1.18		12:04PM 1.25	12:43AM 0.89		2:00PM 0.69	2:01AM 1.09		2:33PM 1.11			3:27PM 0.96		4:16AM 0.33	4:48PM 0.41		4:34AM 0.71	5:28PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	8	9	9	7	9	11	7	10	11	7	11	10	8	11	10	10	10	11	10
Low °C	6	8	10	7	8	9	6	6	8	5	6	10	6	9	10	8	10	10	10	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	8	7	5	4	7	9	4	10	10	6	11	9	6	11	10	10	9	11	10
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	0.6 NNE	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	18	16	14	14	8	9	13	13	13	12	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	19	7	8	8	-	-	12	20	-	24	21	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	4.0 WSW	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	8	9	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 17	Monday 18	Tuesday 19
	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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	4.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	10	8	9	12	10	13	13
Energy(?)	557	3725	6351	1518	1778	1747	2278	1426	4229	1286	3544	1423	1137	1257	2477	3254	905	2045	1444	1209	4007	4012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:30AM 2.91				5:05PM 2.82				5:49AM 2.83					6:51PM 1.80				7:41AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		10:44PM 0.58				10:45AM 1.16				11:26PM 1.18	12:01AM 0.65			11:52AM 0.69	12:04PM 1.25				1:13AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	-	-	6	3	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	9	6	7	10	12	10	10	7	9	7	8	10	10	9	8	6	6	7	6	9
Chill °C (?)	7	8	7	4	5	10	11	10	8	5	7	5	6	9	6	5	6	4	4	4	3	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	14	15	15	14	14	7	7	8	9	12	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.5 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.5 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	1.1 NNE	0.8 N	0.8 WNW	0.6 N	-	-	0.1 N	-	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	-	19	-	4	4	8	8	8	11	8	8	7	-	-	11	-	13	12	10	-	20	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNE	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.5 W	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	8	7	14	10	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Saturday 16	Sunday 17
	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	Haast Beach 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	18	13	17	18	18	18	17	17	15	15	15	16	14	14
Energy(?)	458	1729	1964	310	392	397	530	610	6351	725	6128	1518	1656	2313	1778	1697	2069	3975	1795	1683	3529	3481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					10:09PM 1.08													11:20AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	9	7	9	6	6	8	7	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	5	7	5	6	4	4	7	5	6	10	10	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	18	13	17	18	18	18	17	17	15	15	15	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.7 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 N	0.7 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	19	19	20	19	-	19	-	4	4	7	4	4	14	19	14	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	3	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-