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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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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	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps 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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	1	4	8	9	8	3	9	8	6	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	7	9	9	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	14
Energy	710	827	750	754	800	1205	1024	7263	8628	7918	3034	8726	7565	5875	3932	1554	1223	3690	3647	1315	1174	1819
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91		2:36PM 2.80	2:53AM 2.84		4:02PM 1.69		4:22AM 1.73	4:23PM 2.71		5:21AM 1.72	5:57PM 1.69		5:47AM 2.84		6:57PM 1.73	7:21AM 1.82		7:09PM 2.56	8:17AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			7:57PM 1.13	8:24AM 1.13		8:44PM 1.15	9:16AM 1.12		10:11PM 0.64	10:45AM 0.60		11:08PM 0.63	11:43AM 0.56		12:08AM 0.60		12:06PM 0.98	1:08AM 0.55		1:03PM 0.89	1:19AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	8	21	20	2	1	1	-	4	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	9	11	13	13	10	9	11	10	11	12	11	11	12	12	12
Low °C	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	10	12	13	7	7	10	9	10	11	10	10	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	9	10	10	8	11	11	12	7	9	10	10	11	12	10	11	12	11	11
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NNW	0.9 NNW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	2.5 WSW	0.1 N	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	18	17	8	16	11	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	-	1.2 NNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.1 N	0.4 NW	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	-	9	10	-	10	10	9	11	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	9	-	-	-	16	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06	Sunday 07	Mon
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	0	2	2	1	1	4	4	3	8	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	12	10	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	17	17
Energy	710	739	827	824	878	750	754	1202	754	769	800	1016	1101	1205	1548	1272	1024	985	7263	8761	8866	8628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:50PM 2.89				2:05AM 2.91				2:36PM 2.80				2:56AM 2.36					4:02PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	7:37AM 1.12				7:53PM 0.63				8:24AM 1.13				8:45PM 0.67									10:11PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	10	9	12	4	4	1	-	1	4	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2
Temp. °C	13	14	13	13	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	9	9	12	9	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	12	14	12	12	9	12	11	9	10	9	10	8	8	9	12	8	8	10	11
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.1 W	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	1.5 WNW	-	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	1.2 NNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	10	9	9	12	9	-	9	8	9	10	10	9	11	-	17	10	10	9	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	7	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	0	2	2	1	1	4	4	3	8	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy	731	725	710	710	1083	739	729	729	827	774	746	824	824	811	878	802	819	750	750	754	754	754
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:32PM 2.58													2:05AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 1.12												7:57PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	-	-	5	6	4	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	12	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NNW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	-	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-