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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 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Okarito 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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	0	3	4	5	6	5	4	0	4	4	2	4	3	0	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.7 W	-	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NNW	5.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	20	20	-	16	14	11	13	13	13	12	10	11	9	8	9	9	15	14	14
Energy(?)	638	712	800	389	453	0	1033	1057	641	7994	5911	3477	1971	1264	1484	483	1317	585	530	714	668	195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:54PM 2.08	2:17AM 2.01		2:30PM 2.07	2:54AM 1.99		3:09PM 2.04	3:34AM 1.94		3:18PM 2.68	3:45AM 2.54		4:00PM 2.91		4:35AM 2.93	5:24PM 2.14		5:31AM 2.45	6:09PM 2.72		7:27AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			8:06PM 0.42	8:23AM 0.43		8:45PM 0.40	9:00AM 0.43		9:25PM 0.40	9:06AM 0.88		9:36PM 0.30	9:48AM 0.63		10:19PM 0.62	10:48AM 1.04		11:22PM 1.04	11:47AM 0.60		1:06AM 0.61
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	9	9	2	-	-	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	17	15	16	17	18	19	17	16	13	18	17	16	17	18	15	17	17	15	19	18	15	17
Low °C	14	15	15	17	17	17	15	15	12	16	17	15	16	17	13	17	17	13	16	17	13	15
Chill °C (?)	17	15	16	17	18	19	17	15	11	18	16	16	17	18	15	17	17	15	19	18	15	17
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	9:23	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 W	-	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NNW	5.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	10	9	20	-	7	14	11	13	13	13	12	10	11	9	18	9	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	-	1.0 NNW	0.8 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	20	8	-	13	13	14	11	12	11	11	11	10	19	14	17	16	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	-	4

	Wednesday 21					Thursday 22								Friday 23								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	0	0	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.0 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	10	10	20	20	19	20	19	18	18	18	17	16	-	13	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	638	715	712	829	844	800	894	982	989	282	439	612	507	461	565	661	0	815	998	837	1119	1333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
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)			1:54PM 2.08				2:17AM 2.01				1:57PM 2.78				2:14AM 3.03				2:29PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)	7:47AM 0.45				8:06PM 0.42				8:23AM 0.43				8:05PM 0.47				8:42AM 0.27				9:25PM 0.40
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	7	7	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	6	3	1	1
Temp. °C	17	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	17	18	16	16	16	15	19	15	16	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	13	15	14	14	16	16	16	17	16	17	18	15	16	16	15	19	14	16	15	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.6 N	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.0 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	19	18	18	18	17	16	-	13	12	11	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 N	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	20	20	19	20	8	11	11	11	12	14	-	16	7	15	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	4	4	5	5	7	-	7	-	7	7	-

	Wednesday 21																Thursday 22
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	0	0	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	22	22	22	20	20
Energy(?)	601	638	638	702	708	715	715	724	712	172	127	127	153	161	129	102	0	202	236	330	894	889
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:54PM 2.08												1:34AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)	7:47AM 0.45												7:26PM 0.50
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	2	3	4	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	17	16	14	15	16	15	17	18	17	16	16	16	17	15	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	17	16	13	15	16	15	17	18	17	16	16	16	17	15	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.6 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	-	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	12	12	12	12	12	7	-	9	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	6	9	9	12	-	12	12	12	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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