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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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	Mon	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	0	3	2	0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	7	5	0	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 NNW	-	1.7 W	1.1 W	4.0 WSW	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	2.0 WSW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	6	-	10	10	9	-	13	14	14	17	-	16	8
Energy(?)	1315	585	1119	328	259	428	90	38	129	320	0	638	337	2527	0	6537	5309	5290	6433	0	1962	682
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross	glass	on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:33AM 2.37		3:54PM 2.28		4:20AM 2.23	5:15PM 2.51		5:36AM 2.28	6:16PM 1.98		7:38AM 1.52		7:41PM 2.51	8:40AM 1.63		8:39PM 2.44	8:50AM 2.47		10:11PM 1.73	9:56AM 2.93		10:30PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		9:55AM 0.73		10:10PM 0.83	10:40AM 0.90		11:47PM 0.76	12:03PM 1.14		12:25AM 1.04		2:02PM 0.80	2:00AM 1.38		2:34PM 1.29	2:56AM 0.93		4:01PM 0.61			4:09PM 0.91
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	38	2	6	3	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	5
High °C	16	17	17	15	17	17	14	17	18	17	21	16	15	14	19	13	14	15	14	18	17	17
Low °C	14	14	16	12	14	16	12	16	17	16	17	15	14	14	18	12	13	13	14	15	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	15	17	17	14	17	18	16	21	15	14	12	19	11	14	15	14	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	-	1.7 W	1.2 W	0.4 N	-	0.6 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	2.0 WSW	1.9 W
Period (s)	10	13	14	13	12	12	11	8	12	12	-	10	6	9	-	20	14	14	17	-	16	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 N	0.5 N	-	0.8 N	1.1 W	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.2 N	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	16	5	5	5	14	5	11	6	13	-	6	10	16	-	15	14	14	13	-	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	9	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.8 NNE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	8	8
Energy(?)	2568	2301	1228	1399	1119	574	326	719	727	712	663	538	259	170	190	242	211	359	395	155	138	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	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)			3:32AM 2.39					4:05PM 2.43				5:05AM 1.58				5:10PM 2.31				5:41AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)	9:26PM 0.65				9:48AM 0.74					10:12PM 0.83				11:16AM 0.71				11:57PM 0.80				12:18PM 0.76
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	14	14	14	14	15	17	16	15	14	15	14	14	16	17	16	14	15	15	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	13	14	15	16	16	15	14	15	13	14	16	17	16	14	14	14	11	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 N	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	12	12	12	11	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.3 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	11	5	5	7	7	5	12	5	14	8	14	14	11	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-

	Monday 09				Tuesday 10
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2785	2591	1440	1419	1391	932	974	1228	1885	1885	1879	1740	704	601	614	1109	1040	1199	1187	496	601	381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:39AM 2.32													4:20PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			9:25PM 0.65												9:52AM 1.19
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	17	16	16	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	15	10	10	13	12	13	11	11	10	11	12	14	17	15	15	16	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	0.4 N	1.3 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 WSW	0.4 N	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	14	14	16	10	10	10	16	16	10	16	10	10	10	16	16	5	5	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 E	-	-	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	5	5	-	-	-

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