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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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	Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sun
	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	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	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island
Rating	0	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 W	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	19	13	16	16	15	13	14	13	21	21	19	16	16
Energy	3494	8812	5425	1766	1939	1583	1398	2275	1482	3217	1438	2334	962	941	884	421	794	1375	833	1174	1675	882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:57PM 2.18		5:22AM 2.30		6:49PM 1.63	6:29AM 2.34		7:45PM 1.71	7:30AM 2.92		8:01PM 2.94	8:08AM 2.73		8:38PM 2.75	9:39AM 2.04		10:08PM 2.04	10:27AM 2.13		10:53PM 2.12	11:15AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)	10:57AM 1.21		11:06PM 0.83	11:43AM 0.70		1:00AM 0.61		12:47PM 0.55	1:55AM 0.52		1:46PM 0.80	2:09AM 0.82		2:23PM 0.24	2:45AM 0.25	3:30AM 0.31	3:55PM 0.23		4:16AM 0.23	4:41PM 0.20		5:03AM 0.19
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	10	11	13	11	12	13	11	12	13	12	14	14	11	13	11	10	12	12	10	10
Low °C	14	11	7	8	12	10	11	12	10	11	13	12	11	12	10	10	11	9	10	11	9	10
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	10	12	10	12	12	10	12	13	12	14	13	10	13	10	10	12	11	9	9
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:35	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 N	4.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.2 NNE	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	13	12	13	13	12	6	8	14	13	16	16	15	13	14	13	12	12	19	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 W	-	0.1 N	0.1 NE	-	0.2 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	-	11	8	26	13	19	20	21	-	10	10	-	10	21	21	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	5.0 WSW	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	-	3	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 10					Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wed
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	8	9	13
Energy	1999	3844	4124	2813	3040	5425	4861	4035	3176	1510	1295	1175	1379	1249	1092	1248	1398	1604	2275	1771	1744	1482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:57PM 2.18				5:29AM 2.23	6:13AM 1.63								7:12AM 1.71				7:45PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		10:42AM 0.79				11:58PM 0.68				11:59AM 1.11					12:06AM 0.74				1:30PM 0.51
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	14	13	11	8	10	9	8	11	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	12	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	10	9	6	8	7	7	10	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	12	12	11	10	10
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	2.2 W	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.2 NNE	1.6 SW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	13	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	11	8	6	26	26	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	8	14	14	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	-	-

	Sunday 10																	Monday 11
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1745	3494	3494	3683	3662	8495	4758	5020	8812	2021	2111	2247	2827	2975	3040	7716	13131	5425	5070	4499	4178	3955
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												5:12PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)					10:52AM 0.91	11:32AM 0.67												11:58PM 0.68
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	15	15	15	12	14	14	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	9	9	8	8	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	13	13	9	12	12	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	0.2 N	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	11	12	7	11	8	11	11	11	14	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	10	10	9	9	10	13	13	-	-	-	-	-

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