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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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	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	10	12	13	13	13	17	16	16	14	14	13	12	11	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1095	1906	1691	1325	575	5437	4070	1848	1031	721	616	219	315	494	916	939	910	818	796	284	868	953
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:04PM 1.88		4:28AM 1.90	4:03PM 2.60		5:34AM 1.84	5:10PM 2.53		5:48AM 2.48		6:34PM 2.84	7:37AM 1.82		8:05PM 1.78	8:28AM 1.84		8:53PM 1.82	9:14AM 1.87		9:36PM 1.87	9:55AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	9:11AM 0.93		10:11PM 0.59	10:51AM 0.56		11:16PM 0.65	11:55AM 0.61		11:29PM 0.63		12:56PM 0.64	12:46AM 1.21		1:51PM 0.64	2:16AM 0.65		2:41PM 0.63		3:04AM 0.62	2:26PM 0.52		3:46AM 0.59
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	12	13	15	14	13	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	13	10	11
Low °C	14	12	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	10
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	13	15	13	12	15	14	12	13	12	12	12	10	12	12	10	12	13	9	11
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	12	13	13	13	17	16	16	14	14	13	12	11	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.2 NNW	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.5 NNW	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.7 NNE	0.3 N	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	11	10	9	10	8	12	16	8	8	8	6	6	7	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22					Saturday 23								Sunday 24								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	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	Smoothwater Bay 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	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	Little Wanganui 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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14
Energy	1095	1774	1906	1896	1770	1691	1504	1382	1325	1296	575	2053	5263	5437	5615	4606	4070	1286	1848	1105	1531	1031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:04PM 1.88				4:28AM 1.90				5:06PM 1.81				5:34AM 1.84				5:34PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)		9:46AM 0.49				10:11PM 0.59				10:51AM 0.56				11:16PM 0.65				11:20AM 1.12				11:29PM 0.63
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	13	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	10	10	13	15	13	12	13	12	12	12	14	15	14	14	13
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.4 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.5 NNW	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22																	Saturday 23
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	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	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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 NNW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1223	1149	1095	1067	1002	1774	830	854	1906	1922	1919	1896	1581	1936	1770	1924	1712	1691	1685	1525	1504	1500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:04PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)				9:11AM 0.93													10:11PM 0.59
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	3	2	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 NNW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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