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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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	Fri		Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	0	3	3	0	2	2	1	0	5	4	4	4	0	3	2	0	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	-	1.9 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	-	10	11	11	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1050	514	394	533	679	244	275	283	239	163	1779	4196	4007	2001	0	778	379	256	329	641	368	1108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:52PM 2.57	10:54AM 1.99		11:23PM 2.00	11:04AM 2.92		11:39PM 3.31	11:59AM 3.44		1:00AM 2.10		1:17PM 2.17	1:42AM 2.08		1:23PM 3.41	1:46AM 3.25		2:38PM 2.06	2:24AM 3.14		2:41PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)			4:41AM 0.48	5:09PM 0.36		4:50AM 0.26	5:20PM 0.27		5:49AM 0.64	6:12PM 0.53		7:08AM 0.25		7:30PM 0.21	7:49AM 0.25		7:37PM 0.57	8:28AM 0.30		8:16PM 0.67	8:31AM 0.77
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	15	13	16	17	13	17	18	15	15	19	16	19	18	16	18	19	16	18	17
Low °C	14	11	14	15	11	14	16	12	16	17	14	15	15	12	14	17	13	16	18	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	14	12	16	17	13	17	18	13	13	19	16	19	18	16	18	19	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:49	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	-	1.9 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	-	10	11	11	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 W	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 N
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	11	11	10	11	6	7	-	-	-	-	18	4	4	16	17	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Friday 30			Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	2	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	387	574	1114	1042	918	748	511	376	414	422	692	679	758	790	843	274	275	712	671	286	241	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:25PM 1.92				10:19AM 3.19				11:23PM 2.00				11:11AM 3.34				11:39PM 3.31
Low Tide / height (m)	3:35PM 0.91									4:34PM 0.75				5:36AM 0.37				6:00PM 0.27				5:49AM 0.64
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	12	11	10	12	15	15	16	15	13	11	11	11	13	16	17	15	15	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	11	10	9	10	14	14	15	14	12	10	10	10	13	16	17	15	14	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 N	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.8 SW	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	14	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 30										Saturday 31
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	2	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	351	533	1050	1070	1046	574	459	395	407	405	1042	1042	933	933	918	429	429	816	802	408	394	394
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)									9:50PM 3.08													10:19AM 3.19
Low Tide / height (m)				4:10PM 0.47												4:06AM 0.91
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	14	15	15	17	17	14	14	13	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	9	10	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	13	14	14	16	16	13	14	12	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	8	9	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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