West Coast South Island Surf

West Coast South Island Surf Forecast

Detailed West Coast South Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in West Coast South Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in West Coast South Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in West Coast South Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from West Coast South Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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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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West Coast South Island Wavefinder

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	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	4	8	5	3	3	5	9	5	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	9	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	17	16	14	14	17	14	16	16	15	13	13
Energy	1216	7955	3664	4709	4659	4642	8013	4129	3649	1373	1391	3349	1411	660	1018	1366	5718	4144	1210	1219	1375	941
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 1.69		3:46AM 2.34	4:20PM 2.25		5:21AM 1.72	5:18PM 2.29		5:47AM 2.84	6:00PM 2.59	6:57PM 1.73	6:34AM 2.56		7:09PM 2.56	7:34AM 2.68		8:50PM 1.91	8:38AM 3.21		9:44PM 2.01	9:30AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)	9:16AM 1.12		9:36PM 1.16	10:07AM 0.61		10:58PM 0.57	11:43AM 0.56		12:08AM 0.60			1:08AM 0.55		1:28PM 0.38	1:19AM 0.46		2:35PM 0.40			2:46PM 0.23		3:15AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
High °C	11	10	13	14	14	8	11	13	10	10	13	11	10	12	12	13	13	13	11	13	13	14
Low °C	10	9	11	13	13	6	8	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	11	12	12	12	11	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	12	12	4	11	13	9	9	13	11	8	12	12	12	13	12	10	13	12	14
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	17	16	14	14	17	14	16	16	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 N	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	8	8	11	-	10	-	-	21	17	-	-	20	-	18	8	8	8	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.9 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-

	Sunday 07							Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	4	4	8	9	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	5	5	5	9	7	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	9	10	9	9	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	9	16	16	10	16	15	16	15
Energy	1721	1469	1216	1073	7955	9607	3637	3664	3835	5056	4709	5030	4659	3499	2139	4642	4349	3082	8013	6709	4129	5037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	2:53AM 2.84					4:02PM 1.69				3:46AM 2.34				4:13PM 2.31				4:46AM 2.79				5:57PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				9:19AM 0.60				9:36PM 1.16				10:07AM 0.61				10:58PM 0.57				11:43AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	11	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	12	7	6	9	8	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	9	4	4	8	6	11	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	0.8 NNW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	0.6 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.1 N	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	18	18	17	18	9	17	17	16	16	16	11	16	16	10	16	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.7 W	-	-	2.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	23	9	10	22	10	9	9	9	-	9	8	8	8	-	-	11	11	16	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	17	7	8	8	9	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	4	4	8	9	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	5	5	5	9	7	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s)	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	18
Energy	1649	2010	1721	1530	1457	1469	1240	1134	1216	1216	1073	1073	1081	7154	7955	8472	9109	9607	9498	3729	3637	2415
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:53AM 2.84														4:02PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)										9:16AM 1.12												9:36PM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	1	1	1	-
High °C	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	9	10	11	11	11	13	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	10	8	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.6 W
Period (s)	17	17	23	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	22	22	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	2.3 W	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-