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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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	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	6	5	4	0	4	3	0	2	2	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	5	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 N	2.4 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NW	0.9 WSW	1.5 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	16	14	12	12	12	10	10	14	8	14	13	10	10	10	8	9	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	618	1700	637	1641	1960	3360	3937	1590	1707	743	528	360	435	1486	1509	1409	1821	1142	1474	4459	1488	2565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:20PM 1.78		5:51AM 1.75	6:40PM 1.71		7:15AM 1.72			8:32AM 1.77		8:12PM 2.54	8:59AM 2.46		9:33PM 2.44	9:43AM 2.70		10:17PM 3.07	10:35AM 3.21		10:57PM 3.15	10:56AM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)	10:56AM 0.56		11:30PM 0.65	12:17PM 0.64		12:53AM 0.71		1:40PM 0.64	1:06AM 0.77		2:52PM 0.58	2:18AM 0.66		3:17PM 0.43	3:38AM 0.46		3:46PM 0.35		4:26AM 0.80	4:47PM 0.70		4:46AM 0.24
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	3	2	10	3	4	4	-	-	2	10	13	2	3	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	17	16	17	18	19	18	17	20	16	16	16	18	17	16	13	13	14	11	15
Low °C	15	16	15	15	15	17	17	18	17	16	18	15	16	16	17	15	14	12	12	13	9	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	17	15	16	17	19	17	17	20	16	16	14	17	16	14	11	12	12	10	14
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 N	2.4 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 WSW	0.1 N	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	16	16	14	12	12	12	10	10	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	10	9	14	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.8 N	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	18	13	7	13	13	13	12	12	15	9	13	14	13	13	13	12	-	15	10	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	13	-	-

	Wednesday 25					Thursday 26								Friday 27								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 NNW	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	618	1134	1700	1652	1512	1327	1238	1152	1365	3464	5078	3017	3175	3462	3521	3891	2572	3056	2711	2077	1755	1185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- 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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:20PM 1.78				5:51AM 1.75				5:30PM 2.49				6:21AM 2.38					7:23PM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)		10:56AM 0.56				11:30PM 0.65				12:17PM 0.64				12:10AM 0.73					1:05PM 1.16
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	-	-	-	1	6	2	3	2	3	1	1
Temp. °C	15	16	16	17	17	18	17	17	15	15	15	17	16	17	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	17	17	18	17	17	14	14	14	16	15	16	15	16	18	17	17	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 NNW	3.0 N	3.5 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	2.3 NW
Period (s)	11	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	16	16	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	18	16	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	-	12	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	-

	Wednesday 25																Thursday 26
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	16	11	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	517	618	618	745	892	1134	1134	1700	216	1639	1595	307	309	541	541	565	632	506	513	532	537	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)											5:20PM 1.78											4:47AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)				10:56AM 0.56												10:42PM 0.63
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	19	16	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	19	16	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	16	11	15	15	11	11	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 N	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	13	18	18	17	17	16	16	13	7	13	13	5	17	7	7	11	7	7	7	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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