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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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago
Rating	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	2	4	0	4	5	0	4	4	3	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 NNW	-	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-
Period(s) (?)	7	8	13	-	-	14	14	9	14	13	12	6	-	7	16	-	16	14	14	13	13	-
Energy(?)	598	1016	5279	0	0	1394	1653	1231	1993	1232	580	514	0	1173	1467	0	1700	1743	980	1565	739	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	off	glass	on	cross	glass	cross	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		1:30PM 3.42	1:53AM 3.29		2:04PM 3.22	2:18AM 3.04		3:27PM 2.02	3:52AM 1.92		4:05PM 2.26		4:36AM 1.90	5:05PM 2.12		5:20AM 2.82	6:05PM 2.80		6:28AM 2.37		8:02PM 1.72	8:05AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)			7:44PM 0.59	7:56AM 0.11		8:10PM 0.08	9:15AM 0.36		9:43PM 0.39	9:23AM 0.56		9:54PM 0.63	10:51AM 0.49		11:01PM 1.12	11:42AM 1.16		12:07AM 0.71	12:50PM 0.68	1:21PM 0.56	2:20AM 0.68
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	11	-	2	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	3	-
High °C	16	17	13	18	21	16	17	15	14	17	17	15	20	17	15	22	17	15	16	15	16	13
Low °C	16	16	10	13	18	14	16	15	11	16	16	13	17	17	15	16	16	14	15	15	16	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	11	18	21	14	16	14	13	17	17	15	20	17	15	22	17	15	16	14	16	12
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.3 N	-	-	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.1 NW	1.4 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	16	15	9	-	-	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	-	8	7	-	16	14	14	13	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	-	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	10	9	-	-	-	12	-	-	11	8	8	13	-	18	13	-	8	8	7	6	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	1.1 NW	2.3 W	2.4 W	-	-	-	1.8 NNW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	13	-	-	5	9	9	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Friday 20					Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Mon
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	5	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	2.1 W	2.0 W	-	1.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	-	13	14	-	14	8	8	9	14	-	13	13
Energy(?)	598	925	1400	1544	1563	1296	4875	4312	3927	2368	0	2226	1655	0	1299	1325	1296	1489	2504	0	3846	1711
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:30PM 3.42				2:28AM 2.06				2:30PM 2.50				2:32AM 3.21				2:48PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)	7:21AM 0.63				7:39PM 0.25				8:34AM 0.31				8:49PM 0.21				8:40AM 0.75				9:43PM 0.39
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	5	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	13	11	10	10	13	16	21	16	13	10	16	14	14	17	17	20	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	11	10	8	9	13	15	21	15	11	9	14	12	12	16	16	20	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.3 N	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	-	2.1 W	2.0 W	-	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.2 N	2.2 W
Period (s)	16	10	10	14	9	9	9	13	13	13	-	13	14	-	14	14	14	14	-	-	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 N	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	1.2 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	14	14	9	13	13	9	9	9	8	-	16	12	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	9	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	8	8	9	14	-	13	-

	Friday 20																Saturday 21
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	5	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	8	7	9	13	13	8	-	9	13	-	9	10	10	10	10	-	13	13
Energy(?)	484	561	598	558	645	661	2262	5539	5538	1114	0	1563	3516	0	1814	1874	1608	1708	1708	0	4875	2490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								2:05PM 2.14											1:48AM 2.91	2:12AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)	7:21AM 0.63													8:03PM 0.03
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	17	16	14	14	14	17	18	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	11	10	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	16	15	11	11	11	16	18	14	12	14	12	12	13	12	12	11	8	12
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.3 N	0.7 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	-	0.9 WSW	0.3 N	-	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.2 N	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	0.3 N	3.0 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	10	16	11	10	10	9	-	14	10	-	13	13	9	10	10	-	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	0.3 N	0.1 N	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.3 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	14	9	14	14	14	14	-	9	15	-	9	9	14	13	13	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	7	9	13	13	8	-	9	13	-	9	10	10	-	-	-	13	-

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