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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 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	4	3	4	5	0	5	4	0	4	4	0	4	3	2	4	2	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	-	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	20	20	18	16	14	11	-	12	13	12	10	11	9	8	8	9	14	9	8	20	18	18
Energy(?)	360	448	577	900	1171	504	0	5054	2702	2428	1342	1577	862	1436	609	585	884	313	259	446	504	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	off	on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:30PM 2.07	2:54AM 1.99		2:34PM 3.26	2:54AM 2.96		3:11PM 3.02	3:39AM 2.86		3:48PM 2.86		4:18AM 2.69	4:56PM 2.55		6:13AM 1.76	6:49PM 1.79		6:52AM 2.82		7:50PM 2.07	8:06AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			8:45PM 0.40	8:09AM 0.27		8:45PM 0.48	9:01AM 0.56		9:30PM 0.53	9:48AM 0.63		10:42PM 0.36	10:31AM 0.54		11:22PM 1.04	12:29PM 0.61		1:06AM 0.61		1:30PM 0.51	2:05AM 0.56
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	2	1	11	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	1	6	14	3
High °C	17	18	17	17	15	13	16	16	14	16	17	15	16	17	14	16	17	15	17	14	14	15
Low °C	16	17	16	16	13	11	14	16	12	15	16	14	14	17	12	15	17	13	16	14	13	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	17	14	13	15	16	14	14	17	15	16	16	14	16	17	15	17	13	13	14
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	-	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.0 SW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	20	18	13	14	11	-	12	13	12	10	11	9	18	8	9	14	9	8	10	9	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 N	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 N	0.7 WSW	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.3 N	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	20	7	11	16	13	14	-	12	11	11	11	10	20	15	17	16	13	12	11	13	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	6	-	4

	Thursday 22							Friday 23								Saturday 24
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	0	3	0	3	4	5	6	5	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 NNW	2.1 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	-	-	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	20	20	19	20	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	-	16	15	11	13	12	12	13	-	-	13
Energy(?)	1007	1035	1036	445	241	500	470	565	565	715	1131	0	915	756	544	1910	4773	5071	4007	0	0	5503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:17AM 2.01				1:55PM 3.31				2:14AM 3.03				2:19PM 3.03				3:34AM 1.94				3:36PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23AM 0.43				8:05PM 0.47				8:09AM 0.27				8:50PM 0.81				9:06AM 0.88
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	6	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	17	17	17	18	17	16	16	16	17	20	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	17	17	18	17	16	15	16	17	20	15	12	13	12	11	11	13	15	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 NNW	-	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	2.1 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	-	-	4.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	20	19	18	18	18	17	16	13	-	12	11	11	13	12	12	13	-	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	1.0 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	1.0 NNW	-	-	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	20	20	19	7	8	11	11	11	12	13	16	-	16	15	14	7	11	11	10	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	5	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 22
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	0	3	0	3	4	5	6	5	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	20	20	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	-	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	-	-	18
Energy(?)	800	962	1007	367	313	427	418	436	408	407	470	0	445	423	241	1235	1022	1022	282	0	0	621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:17AM 2.01											1:40PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)							7:43AM 0.51													8:29PM 0.16
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	9	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	19	19	18	17	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	17	19	19	17	17	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 W	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	1.2 NNE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	20	-	20	20	19	10	18	18	18	-	-	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 N	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.2 WSW	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	20	20	12	12	12	12	20	20	20	8	-	7	8	8	18	9	9	8	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-

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