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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 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	4	9	5	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.2 W	-	1.8 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	-	12	12	12	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	16	14	14	13	18	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1660	1586	0	1880	5314	2589	7214	4326	3255	783	532	160	67	153	249	222	207	365	523	219	283	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:53AM 2.14		10:43PM 3.38	11:21AM 2.64		11:24PM 3.43	11:45AM 3.47		12:08AM 3.40		12:56PM 2.54	12:41AM 3.17		1:29PM 3.23	2:28AM 1.98		2:04PM 2.85	2:58AM 3.03		4:19PM 1.81		4:11AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)		4:31PM 0.40		5:10AM -0.03	5:13PM 0.40		5:32AM 0.44	5:57PM 0.49		6:43AM -0.02		6:31PM 0.06	6:57AM 0.12		8:15PM 0.42	8:46AM 0.43		8:41PM 1.02	9:22AM 1.00		10:27PM 0.64	10:37AM 1.10
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	6	27	16	5	13	-	1	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	15	12	15	12	12	13	15	11	16	14	12	17	17	15	14	16	14	15	18	14	14
Low °C	13	15	11	15	11	12	11	13	11	12	12	11	12	15	12	12	13	13	14	15	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	15	12	11	12	15	10	15	13	11	17	17	14	13	16	12	14	18	14	14
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.2 W	-	2.2 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.4 NW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	-	9	12	12	15	15	14	9	13	12	11	16	14	7	13	13	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	-	1.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 N	0.9 NE	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	-	-	12	18	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	4	11	7	12	6	18	13	13	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	2	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3

	Friday 17							Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	6	9	4	5	5	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	-	2.2 W	1.5 W	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 W	-	-	1.9 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	-	13	13	8	9	10	-	-	11	10	12	13	16	13	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3335	1956	1660	0	1586	1020	1544	2467	2605	0	0	1446	1433	2862	5387	8329	2848	4136	4017	6286	5233	3192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:36AM 2.59				10:43PM 3.38				10:46AM 3.34				11:59PM 2.15					12:20PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09AM 0.50				4:31PM 0.40				5:10AM -0.03				5:13PM 0.40				5:32AM 0.44				5:57PM 0.49
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	4	11	8	7	1	1	4	5	3	2	1	3	3	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	11	13	12	15	15	15	16	16	11	11	15	14	12	11	10	13	12	12	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	11	13	10	13	13	13	14	14	10	10	15	14	11	9	8	13	12	11	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	-	2.2 W	1.5 W	0.8 WSW	-	3.0 W	-	-	1.9 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	13	13	14	-	10	-	-	11	10	12	13	16	13	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNW	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.0 N	1.2 N	-	-	1.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	1.8 NW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	6	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 17
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	6	9	4	5	5	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	-	-	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	12	13	8	8	13	13	13	10	11	8
Energy(?)	3790	2426	2262	0	2108	1956	1801	1801	1660	0	0	1764	1648	1514	2584	2820	1263	1020	855	4577	4663	1887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)											10:36AM 2.59
Low Tide / height (m)					4:09AM 0.50												4:16PM -0.07
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	1	1	3	3	2	3
High °C	10	11	11	8	11	11	11	12	13	11	12	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	7	11	11	11	12	13	10	11	14	14	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	-	-	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	13	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	6	6	6	10	11	8

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