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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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	Wed		Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	3	2	2	2	0	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.8 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	-	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 NNW	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 N
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	7	9	-	14	14	12	13	13	-	12	12	10	7	-	11	12	10	10	10
Energy(?)	523	190	210	369	563	0	1317	2214	2891	5245	2243	0	1009	573	173	261	0	2153	2736	1832	1873	1984
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	glass	on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:22PM 2.74		6:06AM 2.80	6:25PM 2.39	7:10PM 1.77	7:34AM 1.78		7:38PM 2.86	8:07AM 2.80		8:32PM 2.91	8:40AM 2.58		9:53PM 1.84	9:23AM 2.67		10:13PM 2.15	10:00AM 2.76		10:36PM 3.08	10:55AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)		11:50PM 1.16	12:17PM 1.27		1:30AM 0.67		1:21PM 1.28	1:54AM 1.20		2:19PM 1.23	2:45AM 1.16		3:43PM 0.65			4:05PM 0.44			4:08PM 0.50		4:47AM 1.03	5:05PM 1.02
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	18	1	-	-	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	6	14
High °C	16	14	13	13	13	20	15	14	12	12	11	18	13	10	17	16	15	17	18	16	15	16
Low °C	15	12	13	13	12	17	15	11	11	12	9	13	12	9	13	16	14	16	17	15	14	16
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	12	13	20	14	12	10	9	9	18	12	10	17	15	15	16	18	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	8:29	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.8 W	0.1 N	-	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	-	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 NW	1.3 NNW	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 N
Period (s)	11	10	6	7	9	-	14	8	-	15	13	-	12	12	8	7	-	11	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WSW	0.7 NW	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	12	12	7	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	9	9	10	8	-	13	-	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	12	12	9	12	11	8	9	9	9	16	15	9	-	-	14	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	419	276	210	406	508	308	210	292	363	516	637	563	2731	2699	767	0	0	1382	1336	3055	4391	3545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:27PM 2.92				6:31AM 1.80				6:35PM 2.86									7:16PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)				11:37PM 0.60				12:17PM 1.27				12:31AM 0.68	1:30AM 0.67				1:38PM 0.62				1:54AM 1.20
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	3	1
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	14	20	19	14	12	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	13	11	10	13	13	12	13	13	13	11	10	14	20	18	14	11	9	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	0.1 N	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	12	9	6	7	8	9	9	9	16	15	9	-	-	14	14	8	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	8	11	12	11	11	11	10	7	7	12	16	-	-	-	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	12

	Wednesday 12										Thursday 13
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	-	-	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	447	375	313	522	510	206	267	258	200	196	195	278	484	512	301	0	0	236	239	212	210	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											11:50PM 1.16
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	2	2	2	3
High °C	16	17	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	12	12	14	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	-	-	12	12	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	-	-	6	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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