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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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	Wed		Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	3	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	5.0 WNW	5.0 W	-	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.3 NNW	1.6 N	1.7 W	1.4 NW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	11	12	-	12	12	11	11	11	13	8	13	10	9	10	10	10	8	9	9
Energy(?)	4776	2985	2009	5372	5938	0	2493	1685	1363	1187	1337	2042	1220	1979	951	2893	2841	1747	793	615	599	687
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:51PM 2.97	12:26PM 3.15		12:43AM 3.11			1:17AM 3.03		1:31PM 3.02	1:53AM 2.93		2:07PM 2.91	2:26AM 2.40		3:25PM 1.72	3:42AM 1.90		3:36PM 2.27	3:55AM 2.33	4:25AM 2.58	4:49PM 2.59
Low Tide / height (m)			6:20AM 0.84	6:19PM 0.34		7:18AM 0.38		7:07PM 0.91	7:26AM 0.96		7:41PM 0.99	8:02AM 1.05		8:20PM 0.63	9:09AM 0.57		9:29PM 0.64	9:28AM 0.93		9:46PM 0.89	10:34AM 1.28
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	11	14	3	2	-	-	3	2	3	9	7	4	5	22	14	15	2	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	13	16	13	8	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	13	15	12	10	10	10	12	12
Low °C	12	9	16	12	7	9	11	11	12	10	9	10	11	11	11	15	10	10	10	9	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	10	14	10	4	10	10	11	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	13	9	7	6	7	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.3 NW	2.2 W	2.3 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	3.5 NW	2.3 NNW	1.6 N	1.3 NNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	15	14	14	-	-	-	12	12	10	11	11	12	12	13	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.1 N	0.8 NNW	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.1 SW	-	1.4 WSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	-	-	-	-	11	10	11	8	12	-	-	-	7	-	11	-	17	-	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 NNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 W	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.1 NW	1.6 N	3.5 NW	-	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	-	1.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	11	12	-	-	-	11	-	-	13	8	7	6	9	-	9	6	8	-	9

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	5	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	-	15	14	14	14	14	14	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	0	4050	3249	3058	2167	2053	2009	3828	5372	5561	5822	5811	5174	4196	3060	3919	0	2222	1861	1580	1278	1349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:51PM 2.97				12:26PM 3.15				12:43AM 3.11					1:15PM 2.29			12:58AM 2.83	1:17AM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)						6:45AM 0.34				6:35PM 0.85				6:45AM 0.36	7:18AM 0.38				7:04PM 0.40
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	9	36	7	7	2	1	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	3
Temp. °C	13	12	11	11	9	13	16	16	13	12	11	10	9	11	7	10	12	12	11	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	10	6	10	14	14	10	9	8	7	6	8	7	10	10	11	11	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	-
Period (s)	-	15	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	11	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 N	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	7	7	9	11	11	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11

	Wednesday 22										Thursday 23
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	5	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	-	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	-	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	0	5136	4284	4433	3962	3962	3728	3485	3249	3249	3026	2985	2766	3253	2047	3689	0	2328	2145	2395	2009	2009
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												12:11AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)						6:29PM 0.33												6:15AM 0.51
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	5	9	7	-	1	-	4	3
High °C	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	15	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	12	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	7	7	9	13	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	-	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	-	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	14	14	14	-	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 N	2.5 NNE	-	1.4 N	1.4 N	-	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	5	5	-	7	7

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