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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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	Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Sat
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	2	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 NNW	1.1 NW	0.4 WSW	1.2 W	2.1 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	16	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	9	20	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1010	811	264	335	275	138	146	87	195	83	406	162	177	365	126	73	583	307	277	1018	1807	1092
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:42PM 1.75	9:14AM 1.77		8:53PM 2.87	10:03AM 1.89		10:20PM 2.02	10:14AM 3.23		10:26PM 3.26	10:57AM 2.98		11:01PM 3.36	11:38AM 3.12		12:42AM 2.21	12:32PM 3.48		12:54AM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)		2:31PM 0.56	3:00AM 0.43		3:24PM 0.44	3:09AM 0.31		4:11PM 0.31		4:01AM 0.49	4:21PM 0.51		4:45AM -0.04	5:02PM 0.04		5:27AM -0.10	6:28PM 0.11		6:20AM 0.42	6:43PM 0.42		7:05AM 0.20
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	10	12	12	9	12	12	11	12	12	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	12	16
Low °C	8	9	7	10	11	7	11	12	9	10	12	9	13	13	11	13	13	12	14	14	9	14
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	11	10	8	11	11	11	11	11	9	14	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	12	16
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 NNW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	2.1 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	6	11	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	9	8	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 N	0.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.4 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	19	18	6	11	15	6	3	8	7	7	8	11	6	20	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 01							Sunday 02								Monday 03
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
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	Shingles 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1202	1084	1010	888	811	517	660	569	569	284	239	269	270	347	204	294	285	225	109	85	128	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:20AM 1.66				8:42PM 1.75				8:39AM 2.86				8:38PM 2.88				9:28AM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)	2:05AM 0.56				2:31PM 0.56				3:00AM 0.43				2:41PM 0.46				3:49AM 0.30				3:31PM 0.33
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	8	8	9	12	9	8	7	7	9	11	12	11	9	10	9	9	11	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	4	4	8	8	9	10	9	6	5	6	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	11	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	18	11	16	11	15	16	15	8	7	7	6	13	14	8	4	19	18	6	18	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2

	Saturday 01
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
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	Shingles 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1362	1360	1202	1202	1084	719	971	1058	1010	269	427	408	677	442	518	663	853	823	321	313	488	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:20AM 1.66												8:07PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)		2:05AM 0.56											1:47PM 0.65
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	6	8	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	11	18	11	16	16	12	16	7	8	7	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2

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