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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 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	5	0	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	6	8	9	8	8	9	8	7	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	4417	3360	4761	4848	3083	2658	1260	974	558	555	642	913	959	888	661	567	364	205	76	109	1296	1289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:03PM 2.54	10:25AM 1.82		10:09PM 2.99	10:26AM 2.86		10:51PM 3.06	11:45AM 1.93		11:21PM 2.57	11:39AM 2.65		12:44AM 1.96	12:25PM 3.18		12:38AM 2.62	12:57PM 2.68		1:04AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)		3:17PM 1.29	3:15AM 0.67	4:13AM 0.71	4:26PM 0.64		4:17AM 0.93	4:42PM 1.20		5:39AM 0.66	5:21PM 1.15		5:30AM 0.49	5:52PM 0.44		6:20AM 1.11	6:35PM 1.09		6:48AM 0.44			7:34AM 1.05
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	13	4	2	2	1	-	-	4	21	29	39	-
High °C	12	14	11	14	16	13	15	16	15	16	15	12	14	13	12	14	14	11	14	18	15	17
Low °C	11	13	10	14	15	12	15	16	14	16	14	11	12	12	11	13	13	10	12	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	13	9	13	16	11	15	15	14	15	14	10	12	11	10	13	13	11	13	17	15	17
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.1 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	12	11	10	15	12	9	8	7	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.1 N	1.0 NW	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	1.8 WNW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	8	8	-	12	11	12	13	9	11	11	17	15	-	13	13	14	11	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	9	8	8	-	-	-	2	3	-	-

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	4	4	9	6	0	6	5	5	7	5	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1470	1670	1097	9231	5652	4125	5252	4816	5029	6622	3911	4200	3673	3376	3532	1217	1082	1538	1532	1005	883	716
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:45AM 2.51				9:21PM 2.74				9:50AM 2.94					10:09PM 2.99				10:26AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)	2:39AM 0.68				3:42PM 0.68				3:38AM 1.27	4:13AM 0.71			3:50PM 0.63					4:09AM 0.59				4:42PM 1.20
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	27	1	-	4	3	5	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	15	11	11	13	11	10	10	10	13	14	15	15	13	11	11	13	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	13	15	11	11	11	9	8	10	9	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	13	15	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.1 N	0.2 N	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.1 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	9	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	9	13	13	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 N	0.5 W	1.4 N	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 N	1.5 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	12	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	15	15	8	13	10	10	13	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Tuesday 16
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	4	4	9	6	0	6	5	5	7	5	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.2 W	4.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	18	18	10	10	10	10	16	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1802	1938	1361	3210	2369	1670	1295	1300	1509	8406	2244	1855	1855	3079	9607	3552	3997	4223	5840	5140	4147	4960
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									9:04AM 2.85												9:03PM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)		2:51AM 1.30													3:52PM 0.72
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	7	3	9	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	17	14	17	12	12	13	14	14	15	12	15	15	15	15	12	13	13	14	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	15	12	16	12	12	13	14	13	14	11	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	12	10	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	3.0 NW	0.5 WSW	2.1 N	1.9 WNW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	4.0 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 W	4.5 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	10	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	16	9	9	9	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.1 W	1.9 NW	1.9 N	0.5 W	1.5 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.7 N	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.2 N	1.4 NW	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	-	13	19	10	10	12	8	8	8	9	17	18	18	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	8	8	8	-	-

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