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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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	Mon		Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Mon
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	1	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	3	2	2	3	2	0	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.2 N	0.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.1 SW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	18	16	16	10	11	9	12	7	9	10	10	10	20	8	17	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	373	245	93	322	651	351	861	906	496	202	348	344	436	457	573	646	259	285	784	205	299	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:12AM 2.48		8:23PM 1.87	8:24AM 2.98		8:51PM 3.11	9:26AM 3.11		10:29PM 2.00	11:00AM 2.03		11:29PM 2.07	11:55AM 2.12		11:28PM 3.14	11:51AM 3.26		12:18AM 3.16	12:40PM 3.29	1:01PM 3.49
Low Tide / height (m)		12:54AM 0.50		2:08PM 0.53	2:41AM 0.48		3:12PM 0.47	3:09AM 0.87		4:14PM 0.41		4:46AM 0.40	5:13PM 0.32		5:43AM 0.35	5:15PM 0.08		5:38AM 0.08	6:07PM 0.01		6:27AM 0.05
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	2	8	5	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	16	16	15	17	20	17	16	16	16	17	18	15	17	16	16	17	16	16	17	17
Low °C	19	12	14	15	14	16	20	15	15	16	15	15	16	14	16	16	13	15	16	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	20	15	14	16	15	17	20	17	16	15	16	16	18	14	17	16	16	17	16	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 N	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.2 N	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	9	9	11	16	11	10	11	9	6	11	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	16	11	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.5 W	0.8 NNE	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.7 N	0.4 N	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	6	12	13	18	11	16	15	13	12	8	7	14	14	7	21	11	11	17	11	15	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	1.5 W	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Monday 29			Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 N	1.7 N	2.0 N	2.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	9	9	9	8	11	9	9	18	17	16	16	15	15	11	10	10	11	10	9	13
Energy(?)	373	114	97	245	238	76	256	101	93	361	478	651	666	712	653	667	861	1102	1885	1831	1560	1420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	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)		6:33PM 2.52					7:55AM 1.79				8:23PM 1.87				8:59AM 1.85				8:36PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)	1:03PM 0.57				1:37AM 0.51				1:33PM 1.00				2:41AM 0.48				2:19PM 0.48				2:52AM 0.37
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	9	1
Temp. °C	19	22	18	14	13	14	17	14	13	15	15	14	14	14	15	17	20	20	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	22	18	12	11	12	17	12	12	15	15	13	13	13	15	17	20	20	16	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 N	1.7 N	2.0 N	2.5 N	3.0 N	0.5 W	1.6 N
Period (s)	12	10	9	9	9	8	11	9	9	18	17	16	16	15	15	11	10	10	11	10	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 N	0.5 SW	0.5 NE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.3 WSW	0.2 W
Period (s)	6	5	5	12	12	13	19	3	12	11	10	11	8	8	8	16	15	15	14	14	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	2	-	2	4	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	13

	Monday 29										Tuesday 30
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	8	12	9	12	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	331	189	189	338	143	61	141	60	60	178	232	245	245	238	238	112	91	70	69	67	60	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:43PM 2.96	7:18PM 1.84												7:01AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)	1:03PM 0.57												1:37AM 0.51
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	17	20	20	20	19	19	19	17	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	15	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	20	20	20	19	18	19	16	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	11	13	14	16	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	10	12	12	9	12	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	4	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	3	3	3	8	5	-	5	3	3	5	5	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

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