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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 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	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	Woodpecker 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	Tauranga Bay 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.7 W	0.9 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	15	14	12	11	11	10	10	12	10	10	12	11	18	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	703	477	940	1774	1988	775	551	275	435	1018	1026	1304	749	1069	2704	1973	1232	1136	1262	1668	1941	774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:52AM 2.61		3:04PM 2.31		4:35AM 1.54	4:43PM 2.26		5:53AM 1.52		6:34PM 1.52	6:25AM 2.37		7:38PM 1.60	8:03AM 1.68		8:31PM 1.70			9:17PM 1.83	8:57AM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)		9:14AM 1.29		9:44PM 1.34	11:03AM 0.77		10:50PM 0.97		12:19PM 0.74	12:49AM 0.73		12:45PM 0.89	1:52AM 0.64		2:19PM 0.54	2:42AM 0.52
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	10	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	9	15	9	2	11	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	13	12	15	14	20	15	15	17	17	15	15	13	14	12	13	11	14	16	10
Low °C	13	16	14	11	11	14	13	16	15	13	15	17	14	14	13	12	12	12	10	11	15	8
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	12	12	15	14	20	14	14	17	17	15	14	12	13	12	12	9	13	15	9
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SW	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 W	1.4 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	0.4 NW	2.2 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	8	8	14	12	11	11	10	10	8	10	10	10	11	11	14	14	13	13	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 W	0.4 NW	1.2 W	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	12	11	14	16	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	14	6	9	14	13	20	13	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.8 N	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	14	15	14	14	14	12	14	14	11	16	15	14	11	10	13	9	10	13
Energy(?)	306	345	506	337	856	555	549	1172	2293	1774	1038	1079	1988	1903	1449	1239	558	551	570	232	300	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			2:36AM 2.43					4:11PM 1.55				3:55AM 2.31				5:23PM 1.51				5:18AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)	8:43PM 1.24					9:09AM 0.99				10:19PM 0.76				11:03AM 0.77				10:42PM 0.99				11:25AM 0.93
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	14	17	17	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	12	10	15	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	16	14	17	17	14	12	11	11	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	11	9	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	12	14	14	11	11	10	10	11	10	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 N	1.2 WSW	0.8 N	1.0 N	0.6 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 N	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	13	11	14	15	14	11	14	14	13	13	16	16	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	-	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08					Thursday 09
	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	8	8	9	8	15	15	15	8	8	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	15	15	15
Energy(?)	258	306	289	470	703	475	390	1003	999	999	426	418	881	864	856	856	278	272	963	502	454	458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										3:27AM 1.61												3:18PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)			8:26PM 0.84													9:49AM 0.72
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	15	15	14	17	16	13	13	14	14	16	16	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	14	15	15	16	15	15	14	17	16	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.1 WNW	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	0.7 N	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	15	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.5 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 NNE	0.5 WSW	0.9 N	0.9 N
Period (s)	9	13	8	13	9	13	12	9	9	9	12	12	14	14	14	14	15	15	11	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 N	-	1.0 N	-	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	8	-	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-

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