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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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	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	20	18	10	9	16	14	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	1641	849	826	668	472	501	634	1424	1954	589	1591	1403	1430	1303	1337	1773	1359	557	613	792	372	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:04PM 2.92	8:26AM 3.06		8:31PM 2.75	9:44AM 1.94		9:30PM 3.09	9:38AM 2.72		10:01PM 2.99	10:57AM 1.98		11:15PM 1.98	10:50AM 2.74		11:48PM 1.98	11:14AM 2.90		11:40PM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)		1:51PM 1.01	2:14AM 1.03		2:34PM 0.62	2:36AM 0.46	3:34AM 0.49	3:19PM 0.88		3:29AM 0.36	3:38PM 0.29		4:50AM 0.42	5:07PM 0.42		4:43AM 0.31	5:41PM 0.43		5:09AM 0.35	5:42PM 0.38		5:52AM 0.59
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	12	14	15	12	15	15	13	15	14	15	12	13	13	13	12	14	15	14	13	16
Low °C	13	14	11	13	14	12	13	14	11	13	14	14	11	12	12	12	11	13	14	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	12	14	14	12	14	14	12	15	13	15	12	13	12	13	11	13	15	13	13	15
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	18	17	9	16	14	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.6 N	0.2 N	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	-	13	16	16	22	20	12	16	16	14	12	14	6	5	13	13	10	6	7	6	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2

	Monday 27							Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s)	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	21	12	20	19	20	19	18	18
Energy	3127	1296	1244	1075	1360	1037	1097	608	508	603	543	511	786	853	965	552	1198	1348	634	805	733	642
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:36AM 2.98				8:39PM 1.81				8:04AM 2.78								8:48AM 2.86	9:06AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)	1:57AM 0.62				1:46PM 0.70				2:14AM 1.03					3:14PM 0.49				3:34AM 0.49				3:14PM 0.55
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	15	15	14	13	12	12	13	13	15	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	18	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	15	14	-	-	13	18	13	18	18	18	16	22	22	21	22	20	19	20	19	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6

	Monday 27
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	15	16	16	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13
Energy	3532	1441	1441	1386	1874	1722	2390	1261	1244	1637	1509	1592	1592	1592	1591	1303	1407	1261	1022	1274	969	938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:36AM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)		1:22AM 1.13													2:26PM 0.54
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	11	10	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	16	16	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	14	14	14	15	15	19	14	14	15	14	-	19	18	18	-	18	18	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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