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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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	Tue		Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	0	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	1.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	6	7	8	7	8	8	9	11	10	10	8	8	6
Energy(?)	3350	4798	5491	3083	2223	1256	974	480	536	344	660	687	983	564	395	336	238	144	114	48	68	343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		9:15PM 2.38	9:46AM 2.38		10:07PM 2.38	11:06AM 1.88		10:41PM 2.51	11:02AM 2.58		12:06AM 1.94	11:48AM 3.15		12:00AM 2.61	12:17PM 2.69		12:26AM 2.80	12:46PM 2.88		1:21AM 2.97		1:35PM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)		3:26AM 0.64		4:01PM 1.24		4:57AM 0.68	4:42PM 1.20		4:52AM 0.54	5:38PM 0.40		5:42AM 1.15	5:58PM 1.12		6:08AM 0.45	6:30PM 0.78		6:36AM 0.43	6:59PM 0.43	7:08PM 0.75	7:13AM 0.43
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	13	4	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	12	33	7	-
High °C	15	11	15	15	14	15	16	14	16	16	12	12	13	12	15	14	12	17	15	15	16	16
Low °C	13	9	14	15	13	15	15	14	15	14	11	12	13	11	13	14	10	14	13	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	9	13	14	12	15	16	13	15	15	10	9	10	10	14	13	12	17	15	13	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.0 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	10	10	8	8	9	8	10	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	0.4 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	8	7	12	11	9	13	9	9	16	11	15	17	13	13	8	11	8	8	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	7	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	5	5	6	7	5	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	-	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3079	4163	6498	4852	7240	6545	3911	4200	4499	0	3263	1220	1073	1538	1357	1005	883	773	674	601	526	593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:23PM 2.31				9:50AM 2.94					10:09PM 2.99				10:26AM 2.86				10:46PM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)					3:33AM 0.64	4:13AM 0.71			3:52PM 0.63	4:16PM 0.52				4:09AM 0.59				4:22PM 0.61				4:52AM 0.54
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	14	12	10	11	9	13	14	15	20	13	12	11	14	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	8	10	7	13	12	13	20	12	12	11	14	15	14	15	15	14	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	0.2 N	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	-	12	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.0 N	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	-	12	7	12	12	-	15	13	13	10	10	13	9	9	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16										Wednesday 17
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	5	5	6	7	5	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	-	4.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	-	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1855	3079	4088	3552	4845	10360	4236	4932	6498	0	8731	4852	5052	5925	5850	5775	5231	5164	4672	4712	4415	5127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									9:17PM 2.36												9:29AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)															3:26AM 0.64
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	12	11	10	9	10	11	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	12	11	12	12	11	10	12	8	8	9	10	9	8	8	10	11	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	4.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	-	4.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	9	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	-	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.2 N	1.7 WNW	1.1 N	0.1 N	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	-	0.7 NNE	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 N	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.4 N
Period (s)	18	9	8	9	8	18	9	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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