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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 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Lake Pukaki Point Otago
Rating	0	4	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	5	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	-	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	-
Period(s) (?)	-	11	10	13	-	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	-
Energy(?)	0	1854	926	1215	0	893	1236	1550	1863	1298	978	1015	1158	1756	1409	747	744	823	947	848	5473	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	off	glass	glass	off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:48PM 3.05	12:55PM 2.18		1:16AM 2.26		1:09PM 2.97	2:22AM 2.10		2:07PM 3.38	2:41AM 3.24		3:00PM 3.26	3:26AM 2.53		4:06PM 2.29			4:25PM 2.73		5:24AM 2.84	5:44PM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		6:44AM 0.25			7:13AM 0.12		8:03PM 0.25	8:30AM 0.36		8:23PM 0.70	8:48AM 0.86		9:14PM 0.24	9:41AM 1.00		10:16PM 0.99	10:09AM 0.56		10:46PM 0.57	11:34AM 1.24		12:09AM 1.22
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	1	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	16	16	22	19	16	16	16	14	18	14	14	15	15	14	16	15	13	14	13	15
Low °C	14	14	16	16	21	18	16	15	15	13	17	14	13	15	14	12	16	15	12	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	18	14	15	16	22	19	15	16	16	14	18	14	14	15	15	13	16	14	11	12	10	14
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	-	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 N	-
Period (s)	-	11	10	13	-	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	16	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	-	18	14	17	-	13	15	13	12	12	12	10	9	8	8	8	13	7	15	16	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	13	-

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Punakaiki 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	-	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	-	2.2 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	-	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	-	10	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	616	1637	1872	1054	0	793	2589	2307	1293	1295	1195	1160	860	1038	0	1072	1051	1137	944	1980	2262	2237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:31AM 2.17				12:18PM 3.00				12:51AM 3.43					1:25PM 2.62				1:18AM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)				6:34AM 0.15													7:08PM 0.02				7:47AM 0.18
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	1
Temp. °C	15	13	11	11	18	16	15	14	16	16	16	15	18	18	23	17	16	16	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	13	10	11	18	15	14	13	15	15	15	14	18	17	23	16	16	16	15	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	1.9 W	-	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	-	2.2 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	-	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	-	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	-	10	12	12	11	-	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	1.8 W	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	-	14	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	-	16	14	15	14	-	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-

	Friday 05				Saturday 06
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Punakaiki 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	4	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	-	1.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	-	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	-	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	559	1382	1415	793	0	591	1693	1785	706	777	809	783	761	850	0	963	986	982	914	864	1237	932
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	12:00PM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)												6:09AM 0.57
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	15	15	15	15	16	15	13	12	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	16	16	17	18	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	15	16	14	13	11	14	14	14	16	16	17	18	16	16	17	18	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:54	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	-	1.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	-	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	-	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	-	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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