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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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	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay 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
Rating	0	4	4	2	3	2	0	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	0	4	3	0	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	-	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	-	12	14	13	13	12	12	8	9	10	10	11	11	21	20	-	16	16	15	14	14	7
Energy(?)	0	1578	2049	534	867	332	264	975	538	621	237	350	179	739	913	0	1701	793	429	330	293	620
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:36PM 2.40	9:25AM 2.20		9:47PM 2.48	10:45AM 1.97		11:12PM 1.95	11:32AM 2.06		11:16PM 3.08	11:49AM 2.27		12:01AM 2.83	12:10PM 3.04		1:13AM 2.04	12:53PM 3.32		1:12AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)		3:01PM 0.59	2:45AM 0.62		3:47PM 0.35	3:53AM 0.45	4:34AM 0.48	4:59PM 0.37		5:22AM 0.37	5:45PM 0.28		5:40AM 0.14	6:01PM 0.07		6:00AM 0.09		7:04PM 0.22	6:45AM 0.56	7:00PM 0.05	7:05PM 0.56	7:55AM 0.28
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	14	17	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	13	15	15	15	22	14	15	16	16	14	17
Low °C	12	16	14	16	16	11	13	15	10	12	14	12	13	15	13	17	14	13	13	16	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	17	15	16	15	15	15	15	13	16	15	13	15	15	14	22	13	15	16	16	14	16
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	8:36	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.1 N	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	14	13	13	12	12	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	20	-	16	16	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	16	12	12	11	4	10	15	11	10	6	10	14	21	11	-	10	10	9	8	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Friday 27							Saturday 28								Sunday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Punakaiki 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	-	-	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	9
Energy(?)	1973	1817	1442	0	0	792	1887	2049	1851	1658	1395	923	349	276	757	514	611	1077	264	380	378	2145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:53AM 2.40				9:16PM 1.78				9:49AM 1.85				9:46PM 2.50					10:01AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)	2:20AM 0.68				2:41PM 0.48				3:34AM 0.60				3:41PM 0.37					4:34AM 0.48				4:59PM 0.37
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	12	15	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	18	16	16	14	14	12	12	13	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	11	15	14	16	16	15	15	13	13	15	18	16	16	14	14	11	11	13	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	-	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	10	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	18	12	-	-	16	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	10	16	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	12	-	12	7	9

	Friday 27
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Punakaiki 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	2013	1986	1211	0	0	862	1845	1650	1623	1623	1527	1174	742	659	1256	1063	1757	1793	626	1008	636	1916
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:40AM 1.75												8:34PM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		2:20AM 0.68												2:36PM 0.50
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	15	11	11	15	12	13	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	12	15	11	11	15	11	12	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	9	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.2 N
Period (s)	6	13	20	-	-	12	18	13	13	13	16	17	16	16	12	17	16	16	12	16	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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