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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 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	0	4	3	0	2	2	0	4	4	0	3	3	2	3	3	0	4	8	4	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 W	2.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	9	10	10	11	11	21	18	-	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	14	15	17	16
Energy(?)	331	264	1093	565	410	396	278	106	431	1259	0	575	758	669	655	681	343	1258	2260	1742	8942	7309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	on	glass	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:51AM 2.90		11:12PM 1.95	10:57AM 3.29		11:21PM 3.23	11:39AM 3.37		12:36AM 2.04	12:17PM 3.38		12:32AM 2.93	12:53PM 3.32		1:17AM 2.77		1:23PM 2.93	1:41AM 2.82		1:46PM 3.00	2:19AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)	3:33AM 0.47		4:59PM 0.37		4:47AM 0.75	5:14PM 0.12		5:30AM 0.63	6:26PM 0.23		6:09AM 0.56	6:29PM 0.52		6:45AM 0.56		7:10PM 0.05	7:20AM 0.62		7:36PM 0.14	7:41AM 0.24		8:15PM 0.78
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	16	15	15	15	11	15	14	14	22	15	14	16	14	14	16	17	16	19	17	16
Low °C	11	12	15	9	10	14	8	11	14	13	17	15	13	15	14	14	14	16	15	18	17	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	13	15	13	9	15	14	14	22	15	13	16	14	14	15	17	16	19	17	16
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 W	2.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	18	-	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	14	15	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.8 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	11	10	15	11	10	6	13	12	21	10	-	10	9	9	8	7	7	15	16	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	0.3 ESE	1.4 WSW	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	3	10	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	660	558	557	620	264	246	345	509	2088	1110	789	564	619	305	284	251	211	270	226	204	210	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on
Tide State(?)	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:26PM 2.72					10:10AM 2.64				11:12PM 1.95				10:57AM 3.29				11:14PM 2.83				11:39AM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)				4:34AM 0.48				4:24PM 0.75				4:47AM 0.75				5:14PM 0.12				5:09AM 0.16
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	13	11	7	6	12	15	15	14	12	12	11	8	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	11	12	15	14	13	11	8	4	3	12	15	14	13	11	11	10	6	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 N
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	6	10	13	13	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	0.8 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	-	-	7	8	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	11	-	-	2	-	-	-

	Saturday 28				Sunday 01
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7
Energy(?)	671	661	736	771	336	339	325	318	557	603	268	268	333	264	264	264	316	322	322	333	328	403
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				10:19PM 1.86												10:10AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)										4:34AM 0.48												4:24PM 0.75
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	11	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	13	11	12	14	14	15	14	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	15	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	12	7

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