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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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	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.8 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	14	8	11	10	12	12	12	12	11	9	11	9	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	722	577	334	243	851	1791	2207	4734	3969	2185	1522	1658	1949	3550	2669	2968	5943	4009	2462	3114	6271	2688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:56PM 2.89	1:17AM 3.03		1:21PM 2.77	1:53AM 2.89		1:58PM 2.63	2:16AM 2.57		2:51PM 2.31		3:02AM 2.40	3:43PM 2.18		4:32AM 2.50	5:02PM 2.47		5:49AM 2.48		6:59PM 1.53	7:36AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			7:10PM 0.82	7:26AM 0.38		7:44PM 0.94	8:06AM 0.99		8:11PM 0.67	8:47AM 1.13		9:06PM 0.80	9:20AM 0.90		10:08PM 1.36	10:41AM 1.39		11:26PM 1.43		12:02PM 1.42	1:21AM 0.79
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	11	11	5	1	8	5	8	41	7	2	4	6	-	5	8	4	1	1
High °C	11	11	10	13	13	11	11	10	9	8	9	11	8	8	9	11	10	10	11	11	7	9
Low °C	7	10	9	13	12	11	11	10	7	8	8	9	8	7	8	10	9	8	10	9	5	8
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	7	7	6	7	8	4	4	5	7	6	7	7	8	3	8
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.0 N	-	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.8 W	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 WNW	-	0.1 SW	3.5 W	3.0 W	-	1.2 SW	2.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	14	6	14	8	-	12	12	12	12	-	9	11	12	-	24	12	12	-	18	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.3 N	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	14	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	12	-	-	-	24	22	-	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 N	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	-	-	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	8	11	10	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	9	12	12	-	-	12	13	-

	Wednesday 27					Thursday 28								Friday 29								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie 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	Tauranga 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	7	8	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	13
Energy(?)	1064	1083	577	513	537	253	224	222	220	684	851	1151	946	1717	2388	2339	2207	2352	2786	3720	5340	5391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:01PM 3.05				1:17AM 3.03				1:32PM 2.59				1:53AM 2.89				2:10PM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)	6:52AM 0.25				6:56PM 0.35				7:16AM 0.39				7:32PM 0.50				8:06AM 0.99				8:57PM 0.58
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	4	1	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	-	2
Temp. °C	9	12	11	11	9	7	7	10	12	12	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	7
Chill °C (?)	9	12	11	11	8	6	4	9	10	9	10	10	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 NW	2.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.1 N	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	6	-	-	13	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	1.0 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NW	-	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	5	7	8	-	-	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	-	-

	Wednesday 27																	Thursday 28
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie 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	Tauranga 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 N	3.5 N
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8
Energy(?)	1104	1173	722	917	1030	650	686	891	917	567	654	513	586	481	350	347	342	253	163	162	1352	1596
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																				1:17AM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)	6:52AM 0.25												6:56PM 0.35	7:06PM 0.35
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	8	7	7	10	13	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	6	6	10	13	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	3.0 N	3.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	8

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