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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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	Fri		Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	6	6	6	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	1.9 W	0.8 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	9	21	20	8	16	12	12	12	-	10	14	9	11	-	14	13	12	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	420	942	623	1422	1997	5692	5734	2468	0	1433	389	1996	3056	0	3625	2253	1459	1465	1781	1533	1318	1120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:52PM 2.78	9:20AM 2.83		10:13PM 1.87	10:40AM 1.89		10:55PM 2.01	11:12AM 2.11		11:36PM 2.13	11:17AM 3.06		12:17AM 2.21	12:43PM 2.17		1:00AM 2.23			1:47AM 2.20		2:10PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)		3:08AM 0.92		4:05PM 0.46		4:27AM 0.32	4:48PM 0.32		4:59AM 0.08	4:48PM 0.08		5:06AM -0.10	5:33PM 0.38		6:31AM 0.05	6:50PM 0.09		7:14AM 0.08		7:33PM 0.12	7:18AM -0.04
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	23	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	4	2	-	2	3	-	-	-	1	2	5
High °C	12	11	10	12	10	14	14	10	14	14	12	10	11	9	12	13	12	13	12	15	15	15
Low °C	12	9	9	11	10	11	13	7	11	12	10	10	11	7	11	13	10	12	12	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	8	14	13	9	6	7	8	12	12	12	13	11	15	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	7:53	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.1 NNW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	1.9 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	9	9	10	19	9	12	12	12	-	10	9	-	-	-	14	13	12	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.4 NW	-
Period (s)	13	11	20	12	16	19	17	18	-	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	8	8	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Friday 03			Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	18	9	12	12	12	12	11	12	16	12	15
Energy(?)	308	298	319	942	1173	1510	1530	1799	596	1410	2020	1364	1260	4868	5692	5824	5734	5229	4580	5735	3205	3335
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:52PM 2.78				9:55AM 1.75									10:40AM 1.89				10:55PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	2:41PM 1.09				3:43AM 0.48				3:55PM 0.38				3:52AM 0.69	4:27AM 0.32				4:48PM 0.32				5:09AM 0.19
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	9	11	1	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	9	9	9	9	11	12	11	11	10	12	10	10	11	14	14	13	11	9	11	8
Chill °C (?)	12	10	7	7	7	7	11	12	11	11	9	12	9	8	10	14	14	13	10	7	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NNW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	20	20	19	18	9	7	9	8	9	12	12	12	12	11	12	16	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 NNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	14	14	13	11	9	10	10	9	18	18	17	18	16	16	19	18	17	16	18	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 03										Saturday 04
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 WSW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	21	8	8	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	19
Energy(?)	301	289	308	380	469	444	442	475	421	414	917	406	354	1173	1173	1309	1362	1510	624	1391	762	1566
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									9:17PM 1.78												9:08AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)		2:41PM 1.09													3:43AM 0.48
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	3	2	5	4	1	1	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	12	9	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	10	13	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	12	9	11	9	9	8	7	7	8	9	7	11	9	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 NNE	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	20	20	20	20	20	7	19	20	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	1.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	11	13	12	9	9	9	10	10	20	10	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	7	3

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