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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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	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	1	4	5	0	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	0	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 N	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	6	11	9	9	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	18	17	15	16	14	7
Energy(?)	166	1631	1205	855	1811	1820	1166	1592	775	259	790	316	438	327	388	361	962	387	623	336	198	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:17PM 2.74	9:25AM 2.48		10:42PM 1.78	11:04AM 1.85		11:25PM 1.88	11:42AM 1.96		11:21PM 2.68	11:43AM 3.27		12:40AM 2.03	12:18PM 3.37		12:40AM 3.31	12:53PM 3.42		1:12AM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 0.95	3:35AM 1.31		3:58PM 1.23		4:56AM 0.64	5:15PM 0.58		5:36AM 0.53	5:12PM 0.35		5:37AM 0.86	5:54PM 0.76		6:11AM 0.74	6:30PM 0.65		6:46AM 0.66		7:04PM 0.01	7:16AM 0.08
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	13	16	17	14	19	20	15	17	18	15	19	18	17	18	17	16	14	18	16	18
Low °C	17	15	11	16	16	10	16	18	12	15	17	14	18	18	16	18	16	14	14	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	15	12	14	16	13	19	20	15	17	18	15	19	18	17	18	17	16	13	18	16	18
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	2.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	9	8	9	15	14	9	13	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	18	11	15	6	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.5 NE	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	18	18	16	16	21	20	11	17	10	16	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13					Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Mon
	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	Little Wanganui 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 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	4	4	5	5	5	0	0	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	6	6	7	9	12	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	144	125	172	155	359	1205	1900	3165	3059	3169	2864	2615	1704	1820	3227	1163	1166	1391	1369	1037	1541	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:30AM 2.33				9:17PM 2.74					10:20AM 1.75				10:07PM 2.88				10:29AM 2.98				10:42PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)			3:07PM 1.36					4:10AM 0.74			3:49PM 0.71					4:21AM 1.16				4:40PM 1.07
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	16	19	15	12	11	11	14	14	17	16	14	14	13	10	16	19	19	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	16	19	14	11	10	10	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	8	15	19	19	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	1.1 NW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	0.2 N	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	6	6	6	8	12	16	15	15	13	13	14	14	13	9	9	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NW	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	5	15	6	12	12	12	16	8	8	7	-	-	13	13	12	14	13	12	8	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	-	-	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	7	9	8	-	-	-	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-

	Friday 13																Saturday 14
	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	Little Wanganui 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 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	4	4	5	5	5	0	0	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 N	0.5 WSW	1.6 NNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	6	13	6	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	8	7	9	7	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	118	144	166	144	320	1551	1576	1663	1631	1660	120	120	268	359	1269	359	525	525	659	735	713	625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:30AM 2.33													9:52PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									3:42PM 0.78												3:22AM 0.82
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	18	18	15	15	16	16	16	18	17	14	15	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	18	17	14	14	15	15	15	18	16	13	14	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.6 NNW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.1 WNW	0.6 N	1.3 NW	0.6 N	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	6	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	8	6	9	6	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 WNW	0.5 N	0.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 N	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	15	5	7	5	12	16	16	6	6	6	7	7	6	12	13	12	8	8	8	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.1 N	-	1.1 N	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	4	4	6	-	6	12	12	12	11	11	-	-	5	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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