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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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	Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thu
	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	Tauranga 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	3	0	2	3	0	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	12	22	20
Energy(?)	1184	367	932	235	292	200	279	292	271	86	248	60	71	239	343	89	244	497	192	450	685	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:18PM 1.78	10:44AM 1.82		10:23PM 2.42	10:43AM 2.53		11:47PM 1.92	11:31AM 3.15		12:27AM 1.97	12:43PM 2.02		12:21AM 2.70	12:37PM 2.82		12:46AM 2.93		1:14PM 3.18	1:42AM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)		3:24PM 0.78		4:35AM 0.75	4:15PM 0.66		4:32AM 0.63	4:45PM 0.59		5:25AM 1.12	5:41PM 1.07		6:36AM 0.55	6:18PM 0.97		6:27AM 0.32	6:54PM 0.89		6:54AM 0.26		7:34PM 0.19	7:43AM 0.51
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	20	17	16	18	16	16	18	18	16	19	18	16	21
Low °C	18	18	14	14	16	14	15	16	13	16	17	10	15	15	15	16	17	15	18	17	16	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	20	17	16	18	16	16	18	18	16	19	18	16	21
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	14	11	13	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 N
Period (s)	7	14	8	7	7	11	11	10	10	10	6	4	5	6	6	4	11	14	8	12	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 15					Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sun
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1184	577	1127	1086	733	540	548	500	659	296	292	536	503	200	299	286	211	290	301	244	269	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)	9:55AM 1.74				9:38PM 2.29					10:09AM 2.93				10:30PM 2.98				10:34AM 2.69				11:07PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)				4:09PM 0.77			3:46AM 0.74					4:56PM 0.71				4:32AM 0.63				4:57PM 0.87
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	3	2	2	2	1
Temp. °C	19	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	17	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	17	16	16	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	19	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	17	16	16	17	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.4 NW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 15																Friday 16
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	11	11	14	14	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1187	319	1184	1182	708	577	577	507	1127	250	253	1086	1071	312	442	442	464	468	470	520	603	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:55AM 1.74												9:36PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:53AM 0.73
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	15	16	19	19	17	17	18	20	17	17	18	17	17	16	18	18	15	16	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	19	19	17	17	18	20	17	17	18	17	17	16	18	18	14	16	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	11	11	14	14	11	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-

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