West Coast South Island Surf

West Coast South Island Surf Forecast

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.

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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.

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West Coast South Island Wavefinder

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	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	4	3	9	7	5	5	8	8	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.3 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	10	6	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	11	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14
Energy	209	216	371	671	724	671	714	703	813	1448	2979	2683	8775	6777	3664	3072	7463	7004	3098	1441	1106	1075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:41AM 3.06		1:07PM 2.97	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91		2:36PM 2.80	2:53AM 2.84		3:27PM 2.74		4:22AM 1.73	4:18PM 2.53		5:21AM 1.72	5:57PM 1.69		5:47AM 2.84		6:11PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 0.56		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		7:57PM 1.13	8:11AM 0.65		8:44PM 1.15	9:16AM 1.12		10:11PM 0.64	10:45AM 0.60		10:10PM 0.73	11:43AM 0.56		11:19PM 0.66		12:06PM 0.98	12:19AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	4	8	14	7	3	5	2	3	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	16	16	14	14	15	13	13	12	12	10	10	11	13	13	11	11	11	12	11	12	12
Low °C	9	13	15	13	14	14	12	13	11	9	8	10	9	12	12	10	9	11	12	9	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	16	15	13	13	15	13	13	9	10	10	8	10	12	12	10	11	11	10	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	1.3 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.4 WNW	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 NNW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	6	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	11	11	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.2 WSW	1.2 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	1.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.6 NNW	0.1 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	8	9	9	-	9	11	11	23	10	12	9	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 04	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	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	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	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.3 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	260	209	147	128	216	397	371	542	1014	671	756	682	724	702	671	728	728	714	711	743	703	673
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:41AM 3.06				1:07PM 2.97				1:21AM 2.99				1:50PM 2.89				2:05AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)	6:36PM 1.09				6:45AM 0.56				7:50PM 0.61				7:37AM 1.12				7:57PM 1.13				8:11AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	1	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	10	10	9	10	13	14	16	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	7	8	12	13	15	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 N	1.3 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	9	6	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 N	0.6 SW	1.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	1.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	-	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.4 NNW	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	13	8	10	10	9	9	9	14	12	-	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.4 NE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 N	1.4 N	1.3 NNW	1.4 N	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	299	610	260	228	204	209	208	153	147	147	135	128	109	236	216	226	397	397	359	386	371	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:30AM 2.77													1:07PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)	6:36PM 1.09	7:11PM 0.59											6:54AM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	13	12	13	14	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	7	8	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	12	10	12	13	14	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.4 N	1.3 NNW	1.4 N	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.5 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-