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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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	Wed		Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tue
	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
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14
Energy(?)	861	1121	530	418	294	514	1333	5254	5634	9778	6903	4376	3669	1293	2826	1913	6361	5391
Wind (km/h)	15	10	5	5	10	5	5	10	0	25	10	10	5	10	25	40	10	10
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:33PM	7:06AM		7:38PM	7:12AM 5:41PM		7:46PM	8:06AM		8:37PM	8:56AM		9:24PM	10:25AM		10:51PM	11:10AM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:08PM	12:49AM		1:25PM	1:52AM		1:32PM	1:54AM		3:10PM	2:45AM	11:54PM	3:12PM		4:15AM	4:39PM		4:59AM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	23	-	-	-	-	4	7	7	21	-	-
High °C	16	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	12	13	11	13	13	14	11	12	9	10
Low °C	14	12	13	15	14	14	14	11	11	12	10	11	13	12	11	11	6	7
Chill °C (?)	15	12	14	15	14	14	14	12	11	11	9	12	13	13	8	9	6	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33
Sunset	6:00	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	0.1 N	1.6 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	12	7	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.8 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.8 N	0.6 N	1.9 WSW	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	19	6	-	-	-	-	11	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	861	1294	1193	1121	1052	564	530	439	418	750	289	294	314	248	514	790	1333	1387
Wind (km/h)	15	15	10	10	10	5	5	5	5	10	5	10	15	20	5	5	5	10
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:33PM 1.57				6:11AM 2.32				6:49PM 2.34				8:05AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	12:08PM 0.62				12:49AM 0.67				12:32PM 0.69				12:59AM 0.69				2:21PM 0.43
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	15	13	13	12	12	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	13	11	12	13	14	15	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 N	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-

West Coast South Island Surf Breaks