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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 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18
	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
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.2 N	1.6 N	2.0 NNW	1.1 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	8	8	9	14	13	15	14	14	13	8	8	9	10	15
Energy(?)	800	377	240	142	573	300	603	471	1295	1232	1484	2918	563	589	1055	1629	3008	6236
Wind (km/h)	10	5	10	15	30	15	15	10	15	10	20	25	10	25	10	35	40	25
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:57AM	12:07PM	12:24AM		12:05PM	12:58AM		12:43PM	12:51AM		1:22PM	1:42AM 11:29AM		2:07PM			2:47PM
Low Tide / height (m)			6:17PM	6:33AM		6:51PM 6:00AM	6:34AM		6:40PM	7:02AM		7:31PM	8:23AM		8:56PM	8:35AM		8:58PM 5:27PM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	16	2	-	24	33	7	10	6	6	10	1	2	13
High °C	11	11	10	10	11	12	14	12	10	12	10	10	10	13	9	12	12	12
Low °C	9	11	8	7	10	9	13	11	7	8	10	8	8	12	9	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	9	8	8	12	13	11	9	11	8	7	8	11	8	9	9	10
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	5:25	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 N	2.0 NNW	1.5 N	2.0 W	1.9 N	2.0 N	1.1 N	1.6 WNW	0.8 W	2.0 W	1.2 NNW	1.9 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	8	9	9	13	8	8	8	8	14	9	8	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	1.5 W	1.2 N	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.0 W	-	0.9 NNW	-
Period (s)	7	6	4	6	-	13	16	7	9	15	14	9	13	7	12	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	2.2 N	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	8	5	-	-	-	-	6	14	-	8	8	9	10	14

	Thursday 13							Friday 14								Saturday 15
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.2 N	1.6 N	4.0 NE	1.6 N	2.5 NNW	2.1 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	7	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	540	909	800	787	377	539	240	240	206	203	142	106	573	246	2513	300	1039	697
Wind (km/h)	5	10	10	5	5	10	5	10	10	10	15	20	30	10	30	15	10	0
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	ebb	low	flow	flow	ebb	ebb	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb
High Tide / height (m)								11:47PM 2.71					12:32PM 2.02				12:13AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)		6:00AM 0.47								5:46AM 0.41					6:51PM 0.52
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	3	11	1
Temp. °C	8	9	9	11	11	11	10	9	6	6	7	10	11	9	11	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	7	7	8	10	11	10	9	7	4	4	5	8	8	7	8	8	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 N	0.9 WSW	1.6 N	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	16	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	6	7	4	4	6	6	6	6	-	12	-	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.2 N	1.6 N	4.0 NE	0.1 NE	2.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	-	4	6	8	7	9	5	9	-

West Coast South Island Surf Breaks