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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 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	0	5	4	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	4	3	2	4	4	0	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.9 NNW	3.5 NW	4.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NW	1.8 N	1.5 W	-	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	7	8	11	12	11	10	9	11	-	13	13	12	12	12	15
Energy(?)	2096	5292	2243	881	785	335	252	282	785	2612	5618	1982	843	1005	823	0	2141	871	592	1640	810	1798
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:32PM 2.91	8:57AM 2.86		9:18PM 2.97	10:16AM 1.83		9:59PM 3.03	10:20AM 3.03		10:51PM 2.19	11:20AM 2.02		10:51PM 2.83	11:29AM 3.14		11:48PM 3.14	12:03PM 3.16		12:03AM 2.83	12:38PM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 0.69	2:45AM 1.16		3:08PM 1.17	3:30AM 1.11	4:05AM 0.61	4:26PM 0.60		4:10AM 1.07	4:29PM 1.05		5:12AM 0.49	4:55PM 0.42		5:23AM 1.02	5:39PM 1.00		5:58AM 1.02	6:18PM 0.38		6:33AM 1.04
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	8	17	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2
High °C	12	12	11	13	13	11	17	16	16	15	16	13	17	16	13	23	15	14	16	14	17	16
Low °C	11	12	9	11	13	9	16	14	15	15	15	11	16	15	11	19	14	11	15	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	12	12	10	17	15	15	13	14	12	17	16	12	23	15	14	16	14	17	16
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.0 WNW	3.5 NW	0.2 WSW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NW	1.8 N	1.5 W	-	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	15	13	12	12	11	11	7	13	11	11	11	10	9	11	-	13	13	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 N	1.4 W	1.2 NNW	-	0.9 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.4 N	0.4 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	20	19	8	8	10	10	17	14	11	9	11	9	-	8	8	7	7	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNW	1.5 NNE	4.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 15							Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Haast Beach 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	Rapahoe/Chimney Pots West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	-	1.2 W	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 NW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW	1.8 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	-	11	12	12	11	11	11	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	3443	2952	2096	2180	2183	1926	3902	3049	2043	1624	1248	0	423	904	658	335	294	220	216	202	200	377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
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)			8:07AM 2.80				9:07PM 1.80				8:57AM 2.86				8:57PM 2.67				9:41AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)	2:29AM 0.67				2:19PM 1.23				2:45AM 1.16				3:33PM 0.59				3:30AM 1.11				3:28PM 0.57
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	11	12	12	12	10	9	10	9	12	17	13	12	10	9	9	9	12	15	17	16
Chill °C (?)	6	5	8	10	9	10	8	8	10	8	12	17	12	12	10	8	7	7	11	14	17	15
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	-	1.2 W	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NNW	0.5 WSW	1.8 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	-	11	12	12	11	11	8	7	7	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.8 NW	0.1 N	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	9	-	20	19	19	-	8	18	8	8	8	11	11	10	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	1.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	7	-

	Saturday 15
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Haast Beach 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	Rapahoe/Chimney Pots West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	-	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	4109	3723	3198	3198	5816	2618	2952	2857	2096	2096	2096	0	2034	2338	2225	2108	2034	1926	1926	1795	1673	1795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)								8:42AM 1.73												8:33PM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		2:29AM 0.67												2:07PM 0.67
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	6	6	7	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	10	12	8	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.1 N	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	0.1 N	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	12	-	-	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	-	-	21	12	-	-	-	-	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	11	-	-	-	-	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	11	12	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-

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