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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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	Sat		Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Sat
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 WSW	1.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	11	12	12	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	10	9	9	19	17	15	14	14
Energy(?)	811	264	354	330	266	146	87	199	69	374	147	273	136	129	645	556	325	419	876	2137	1237	928
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:02PM 2.66	8:34AM 2.68		9:33PM 1.89	9:28AM 3.05		9:40PM 3.08	10:49AM 2.01		10:27PM 3.04	10:52AM 3.04		11:53PM 2.19	12:19PM 2.17		12:02AM 3.39	12:57PM 2.30	1:07PM 2.18	12:59AM 3.46		1:57PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)		2:20AM 0.52		3:24PM 0.44	3:49AM 0.30		3:36PM 0.67	3:56AM 0.14	4:36AM 0.19	4:16PM 0.16		4:40AM -0.05	5:42PM 0.13		6:07AM 0.11	5:53PM 0.37		6:45AM 0.03			7:10AM 0.55
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	9	12	10	12	12	11	12	12	10	16	16	13	13	14	14	16	15	12	15	14
Low °C	9	6	7	11	9	11	12	9	11	12	9	14	14	12	13	13	13	15	13	10	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	16	16	12	12	14	14	16	14	11	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 WSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	6	11	13	13	13	7	12	10	9	9	8	17	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	15	14	13	14	18	18	6	11	15	6	9	8	12	8	11	11	11	19	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 01			Sunday 02								Monday 03								Tuesday 04
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	11	13	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	16	15	12	12	14
Energy(?)	518	548	512	569	569	284	239	269	306	309	304	294	285	268	250	85	128	44	242	93	87	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 2.66				8:39AM 2.86				8:50PM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)					3:00AM 0.43				3:24PM 0.44				3:49AM 0.30				3:31PM 0.33	4:01PM 0.22				4:36AM 0.19
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	9	8	7	6	8	12	9	11	10	9	9	9	10	12	13	12	11	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	11	11	7	7	5	4	8	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	9	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	5	11	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	8	7	7	6	13	20	8	19	19	18	17	16	17	16	12	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 01										Sunday 02
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	13	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	453	442	437	798	791	329	321	528	660	481	601	571	597	544	569	364	373	142	464	264	239	332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:02PM 2.66												8:39AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)														3:00AM 0.43
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	9	9	11	11	10	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	8	8
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	9	9	10	11	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	4	5	4	4	6	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	13	13	14	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	7	7	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	7	7	7	14	7	7	6	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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