West Coast South Island Surf

Detailed West Coast South Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in West Coast South Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in West Coast South Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in West Coast South Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from West Coast South Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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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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West Coast South Island Wavefinder

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	Sun		Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	4.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	8	12	13	13	12	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	16	14
Energy(?)	3525	1286	1092	5838	1284	1584	2059	1798	1830	1262	915	1209	1672	1958	986	1096	2040	1474	1727	885	1012	631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	5:15PM 1.84		6:24AM 1.75		6:26PM 2.81	7:06AM 2.84		7:19PM 2.63	8:16AM 2.92		9:11PM 1.97	9:50AM 1.89		9:25PM 2.76	10:38AM 1.96		10:22PM 3.28	10:45AM 3.21		11:01PM 3.32	11:14AM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 1.18		12:39PM 0.70	12:48AM 1.19		1:25PM 1.23	1:34AM 0.62		2:33PM 1.11		3:36AM 0.50	3:27PM 0.96		4:26AM 0.41	4:48PM 0.41		4:34AM 0.71	4:53PM 0.72		5:06AM 0.12	5:18PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	8	10	8	8	10	11	4	9	11	11	11	10	8	11	11	9	10	10	11	11	11
Low °C	11	6	8	8	6	7	8	3	8	10	9	9	10	8	10	11	9	9	10	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	7	8	5	6	8	10	1	8	9	10	11	9	6	10	11	8	10	10	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.0 NNE	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	8	8	12	13	13	12	12	11	15	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.8 N	0.6 NNE	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.1 W	-	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	13	8	8	13	12	-	-	24	16	16	14	-	-	-	4	-	19	-	17	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17	Monday 18	Tuesday 19	Wednesday 20
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	14	15	14	15	14	13	9	8	10	10	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1496	1449	4229	4066	1234	1434	1140	1288	905	2727	1093	1284	1493	1655	3305	3319	2059	1751	1378	1093	1589	1106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	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)		5:05PM 2.82				5:49AM 2.83					6:51PM 1.80				7:41AM 1.75				7:43PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)								11:40AM 0.71	12:04PM 1.25				12:48AM 1.19				1:25PM 1.23				1:49AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	1	4	2	4	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	10	10	6	6	8	11	10	10	7	7	8	8	6	10	11	8	4	3	5	7
Chill °C (?)	11	9	8	8	4	4	6	9	10	6	4	5	7	6	3	8	10	6	1	0	2	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 N	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	14	15	14	15	14	7	9	8	10	10	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.8 N	1.1 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.8 W	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	-	0.6 N	-	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.2 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 W
Period (s)	12	8	11	11	16	8	8	-	5	-	13	12	-	13	20	19	-	-	-	24	18	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	13	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1554	1751	3525	3477	1640	1449	1403	1650	1212	1311	1654	4066	1033	1402	3663	3315	1138	1386	1185	1187	1847	1310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						5:05PM 2.82												5:49AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	9	10	7	8	10	10	6	6	6	6	9	10
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	6	7	8	5	6	8	8	4	4	4	4	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	15	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.7 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.3 NNE	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 N	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	13	8	13	13	8	8	8	7	8	8	11	11	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	7	-