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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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	Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thu
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	1	2	2	2	4	3	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 NW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	13	13	12	8	14	10	8	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	14	8
Energy(?)	99	187	279	587	549	999	800	664	668	1526	3639	3401	2579	1890	823	683	422	265	202	578	2256	385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 1.98			4:32PM 1.95		4:32AM 2.86	4:58PM 2.86		5:58AM 1.70	6:19PM 1.76		6:18AM 2.16	6:45PM 2.13		7:17AM 2.48		7:41PM 2.17	8:03AM 2.35		9:16PM 1.78	9:20AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)			10:12PM 0.46	9:54AM 1.01		10:59PM 0.57	10:42AM 1.16		11:13PM 1.20	12:11PM 0.73		12:16AM 0.68	12:31PM 0.83		1:00AM 1.12		1:35PM 1.15	1:55AM 0.87		2:40PM 1.41	3:32AM 0.76
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	38	3	-	-	36	2	6	19	21	25	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	1
High °C	17	19	16	18	19	17	16	18	19	18	18	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	13	16	15	20
Low °C	16	18	14	17	19	15	14	18	18	16	17	14	15	15	12	15	16	13	13	16	13	17
Chill °C (?)	17	19	16	18	19	17	16	18	19	17	17	15	15	13	14	15	16	15	13	15	14	20
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	9:14	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 NW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.3 WSW	1.3 NW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	13	12	8	14	10	14	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	10	15	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 WSW	0.6 NW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.7 W	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	0.3 NNE	1.1 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	1.1 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	13	13	12	18	6	16	14	12	14	-	-	-	11	12	10	9	9	8	8	10	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.6 NNE	-	1.2 W	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.3 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	-	7	-	-	8	8	8	11	12	-	11	-	-	-	-	2	10	-	-

	Thursday 08							Friday 09								Saturday 10
	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	Tauranga 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	Haast Beach 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	0	1	3	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.0 WSW	2.0 WNW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	9	8
Energy(?)	229	475	539	201	186	709	257	221	280	1424	337	303	976	1256	1131	1102	1032	1008	857	661	833	645
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)	2:49AM 2.71				3:45PM 2.07				3:46AM 3.00	4:21AM 1.86				4:02PM 2.53				4:22AM 2.43				4:58PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)			9:43AM 0.44				9:37PM 0.89					10:04AM 0.44				10:19PM 0.74				10:42AM 1.16
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	8	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	1
Temp. °C	15	15	16	19	15	13	15	15	15	16	16	17	19	19	17	16	15	16	17	19	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	19	15	12	15	15	15	16	16	17	19	19	17	16	15	15	17	19	16	18
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 NNW	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.0 WSW	2.0 WNW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	12	18	6	7	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	6	6	17	16	16	16	15	15	12	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	1.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	8

	Thursday 08
	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	Tauranga 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	Haast Beach 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	0	1	3	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10
Energy(?)	232	441	482	179	103	475	175	174	174	480	144	186	217	221	200	200	200	207	175	279	299	257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:37AM 1.96												3:15PM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)									9:08AM 0.86
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
High °C	15	15	14	15	15	15	16	17	18	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	15	15	15	16	17	18	16	17	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	16	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	2	-

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