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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 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Rapahoe/Chimney Pots 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	Waimarie 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	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	3	3	3	4	3	0	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 N	2.3 N	2.4 NNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 NW	2.4 NNW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	-	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	11	-	11	13	14	13	10
Energy(?)	891	290	727	344	185	146	138	900	954	453	408	717	513	493	560	1087	0	976	948	770	1101	2111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:18AM 2.71		2:28PM 1.88	2:55AM 1.81		2:36PM 2.93	3:07AM 2.83		3:59PM 1.77		4:35AM 1.70	4:07PM 2.38		4:58AM 2.71	5:20PM 2.78		5:33AM 2.45	6:22PM 2.82		6:59AM 2.78		7:22PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)		7:42AM 0.80		8:40PM 0.61	9:03AM 0.63		8:52PM 1.15	9:50AM 0.65		10:20PM 0.64	10:43AM 0.66		10:19PM 0.71	11:07AM 1.18		11:44PM 1.08	11:42AM 0.74		12:44AM 0.99		1:10PM 1.03	1:42AM 0.87
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	4	1	13	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	15	22	9
High °C	11	15	13	14	17	18	15	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	13	20	17	14	15	16	17
Low °C	9	14	13	13	17	17	14	17	17	15	16	16	15	16	16	12	16	16	11	13	16	15
Chill °C (?)	9	14	13	14	17	18	14	17	16	17	16	16	17	18	17	13	20	17	14	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 N	1.1 NW	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.4 NW	0.2 WSW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 W	-	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.5 N
Period (s)	12	8	12	12	11	11	6	9	8	8	8	10	8	9	9	11	-	11	13	14	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.2 W	1.0 NW	-	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	1.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 NW
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	17	17	11	13	12	9	10	13	12	14	13	9	-	9	8	6	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 N	2.4 NNW	-	1.0 N	2.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10

	Sun	Monday 24								Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 N	0.4 WSW	1.3 N	2.3 N	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	7	8	8
Energy(?)	524	521	858	846	941	267	253	641	631	550	506	285	251	147	146	95	130	138	64	205	900	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:13AM 1.87				1:53PM 3.02				2:55AM 1.81				2:36PM 2.93				3:07AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)					8:22AM 0.60				8:40PM 0.61				8:09AM 0.62				8:36PM 0.66				9:15AM 1.17
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	2	9	3
Temp. °C	12	11	9	10	13	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	18	17	17	18	16	14	15	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	12	9	8	9	13	14	13	13	13	12	11	12	18	17	17	18	16	13	14	13	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 WSW	1.0 N	0.9 N	1.3 N	1.1 NW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	6	6	7	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	12	7	7	12	12	12	7	12	12	18	17	16	17	17	11	4	11	11	10	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.3 N	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	8

	Sunday 23				Monday 24
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	562	492	1687	1687	891	392	344	870	858	858	846	439	422	287	290	290	409	267	270	274	253	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							1:38AM 3.01	2:13AM 1.87											1:53PM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)													7:29AM 0.55
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	11	11	10	11	11	9	9	9	9	11	11	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	11	9	9	8	10	10	7	8	8	8	9	11	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	7	7	12	7	7	12	12	12	12	7	12	7	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	12	12	7	12	12	7	7	7	7	12	7	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	12	12	6	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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