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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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	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	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	Tauranga Bay 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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	7	9	0	0	0	9	0	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	2.2 N	2.5 NNW	2.0 NNW	3.0 N	4.5 NNW	5.0 NW	3.0 W	3.0 NW	5.5 W	-	6.0 W	-	4.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	15	15	15	14	8	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	14	-	14	-	14	10	12
Energy	297	108	64	74	254	179	301	709	1174	655	1623	4556	5618	5299	2805	12574	0	14489	0	6981	1535	2317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:19PM 1.84	12:57AM 2.56		1:19PM 2.44	1:38AM 2.84		2:11PM 2.74	2:27AM 2.73	3:02AM 1.69	3:05PM 2.63		3:26AM 2.64	4:07PM 2.57		4:21AM 2.23	5:12PM 2.57		5:38AM 2.65		6:14PM 2.64	7:12AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			6:49PM 0.55	7:13AM 0.58		7:33PM 1.13	7:54AM 1.16		8:19PM 1.21	9:23AM 0.68		9:13PM 1.26	9:51AM 1.25		9:52PM 0.90	10:44AM 0.78		11:23PM 1.23	11:59AM 1.11		12:25AM 1.12
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	12	31	16	20	28	5	3	1	-	1	5	-	-	-	1
High °C	10	11	9	14	17	15	14	15	17	16	17	17	13	11	11	12	13	10	7	11	6	9
Low °C	9	10	9	11	16	14	14	15	16	16	17	14	13	11	10	11	9	5	4	8	5	9
Chill °C (?)	10	11	8	14	16	15	13	14	16	15	16	15	11	9	11	11	12	6	6	10	4	8
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	5:34	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 NNW	1.1 N	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	2.0 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 W	3.0 W	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	15	15	6	6	14	14	8	12	12	16	11	11	-	-	-	-	14	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.2 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	-	2.5 N	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	12	7	12	10	15	9	12	-	14	9	19	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.8 N	-	-	2.2 N	2.5 NNW	-	3.0 N	4.5 NNW	5.0 NW	-	-	5.5 W	-	6.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	8	9	-	8	11	11	-	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 05							Wednesday 06								Thursday 07
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 N	2.5 NNW	2.2 N
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	6	8	8
Energy	583	535	297	236	229	103	96	64	65	563	77	70	110	133	217	321	212	270	204	369	769	1035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	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)	12:55AM 1.90				12:39PM 2.55				12:57AM 2.96				1:24PM 2.85				1:38AM 2.84				2:11PM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)			6:33AM 0.47				6:52PM 1.05				7:10AM 1.07				7:19PM 0.66				7:54AM 1.16
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	7	13	2
Temp. °C	10	10	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	12	11	14	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	10	11	10	8	8	7	10	10	14	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	2.2 N
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	15	6	6	6	16	15	6	6	6	9	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 N	0.2 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WSW	-	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	7	12	7	7	6	15	12	16	16	16	6	11	15	10	9	14	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	1.3 ENE	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	-	-	-	1.3 N	2.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	3	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	8	-

	Tuesday 05
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 SW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	639	552	202	259	246	218	218	230	176	421	138	138	137	108	247	213	105	103	99	106	96	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:55AM 1.90												12:44PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)							6:31AM 0.99												6:52PM 1.05
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	10	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	5	6	8	9	10	11	10	12	12	11	10	10	10	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	12	7	12	12	12	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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