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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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	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	6	0	0	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 W	3.0 NW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	5.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	14	8	11	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	11	12	10	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	722	577	333	219	812	1514	2810	4826	3256	2899	1596	1915	1854	2262	2854	2442	3930	3103	6863	4536	5762	6222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross	on	on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:57PM 2.70	1:12AM 2.70		1:35PM 2.94	1:48AM 2.55		2:10PM 2.81	2:28AM 2.39		2:40PM 2.48		3:14AM 2.23	3:51PM 2.12		4:14AM 2.11	5:02PM 2.47		5:32AM 2.06		6:11PM 2.11	7:01AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)			7:06PM 0.35	7:25AM 0.53		7:43PM 0.49	7:52AM 0.55		8:22PM 0.65	8:32AM 0.73		9:08PM 1.23	9:31AM 0.87		9:50PM 0.99	10:33AM 0.98		12:01AM 0.82	11:48AM 1.00	12:02PM 1.42	12:30AM 0.95
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	12	11	5	2	9	8	11	29	17	-	9	9	4	3	9	2	-	-
High °C	11	11	9	13	13	12	12	10	12	12	11	12	7	8	7	7	11	9	9	11	6	8
Low °C	7	9	9	13	13	11	12	10	11	11	10	9	7	7	4	5	11	7	8	11	3	5
Chill °C (?)	11	11	8	11	10	9	9	7	10	10	9	9	4	4	4	6	8	7	7	7	3	7
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.8 NW	-	2.5 W	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	3.0 W	3.5 W	0.1 W	-	4.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	14	11	10	-	12	12	11	-	10	12	12	11	12	24	-	12	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	-	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	2.0 NNW	-	0.1 NE	0.7 NW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	13	-	8	-	-	-	-	12	-	9	-	10	12	-	-	-	22	-	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 NNW	2.5 NNW	-	-	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	4.0 W	5.0 W	-	4.5 W	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	12	-	-	-	11	-	9	9	-	-	10	12	-	12	12

	Wednesday 27							Thursday 28								Friday 29
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	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	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	7	8	9	9	11	11	11	10	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1128	1374	1064	1083	577	513	537	253	215	229	199	648	812	1475	1081	1514	1889	2223	2810	2820	2756	3549
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on
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)	12:38AM 2.83				1:01PM 3.05				1:12AM 2.70				1:32PM 2.59				1:53AM 2.89				2:09PM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)			6:52AM 0.25				6:56PM 0.35				7:16AM 0.39				7:32PM 0.50				8:03AM 0.54
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	6	2	4	13	9	2	3	1	-
Temp. °C	9	8	9	12	11	11	9	7	10	9	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	9	12	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	7	9	12	11	11	8	6	8	7	9	9	10	11	11	8	8	7	9	8	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	3.0 NW	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.1 N	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	3.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	11	8	11	10	-	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	1.2 N	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	-	-	-	13	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	1.0 N	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	3.5 WNW	-	3.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	4	7	8	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	-	12

	Wednesday 27
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	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	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 N	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	12	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1131	1137	1128	1280	802	1374	1243	716	1064	1163	1051	650	783	938	891	654	481	1916	494	222	381	347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:38AM 2.83												12:57PM 2.70	1:04PM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)							6:41AM 0.25													7:10PM 0.82
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	7	5	8	7	5	9	12	13	11	11	12	13	11	11	11	10	8	10	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	6	3	7	6	3	9	12	13	11	10	12	13	11	11	8	10	8	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.9 WSW	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-

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