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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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	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	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 Breakwater 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	Haast Beach 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	1	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	5	4	6	5	0	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.4 N	2.0 N	3.0 NNW	4.5 NNW	5.5 NW	3.0 W	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	15	15	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	14	13	14	11	12	12	10	14	13	13	13
Energy	76	240	170	408	1212	717	1606	4564	6656	4831	2740	6333	4074	4663	3581	3871	4788	2028	1022	1625	1386	576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:24PM 2.85	1:38AM 2.84		2:11PM 2.74	2:27AM 2.73		2:56PM 2.21		3:26AM 2.64	4:07PM 2.57		4:32AM 2.61	5:47PM 1.58		6:13AM 1.63		6:49PM 1.63	7:02AM 1.77		7:10PM 2.77	7:30AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)			7:33PM 1.13	7:54AM 1.16		8:19PM 1.21	8:34AM 0.82		9:13PM 1.26	9:51AM 1.25		10:04PM 0.86	10:57AM 1.21		11:58PM 0.68		12:34PM 0.60	1:00AM 0.61		12:55PM 0.96	1:20AM 0.98
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	16	3	-	41	20	10	2	8	1	1	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	15	15	15	14	17	17	15	14	9	10	11	14	13	12	12	13	13	11	11	12
Low °C	12	16	14	15	14	14	16	15	12	13	9	9	10	14	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	15	17	15	14	15	14	15	16	12	12	8	7	11	12	11	10	10	11	13	11	10	12
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	5:32	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 NNW	0.6 WNW	2.4 N	2.0 N	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	3.0 W	2.3 NW	1.0 NNW	3.5 W	-	-	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	6	9	8	9	14	13	-	11	10	9	13	-	-	12	12	10	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	-	3.0 NW	1.0 W	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	10	15	14	14	10	10	9	-	11	15	8	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	11	12	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.7 N	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	3.0 NNW	4.5 NNW	5.5 NW	-	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	-	7	-	-	9	10	11	-	11	14	-	14	11	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06							Thursday 07								Friday 08
	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	Tauranga 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Tauranga Bay 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	Haast Beach 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.4 NW	3.5 NNW	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.6 N	4.0 N	4.5 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period(s)	13	12	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	7	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	11
Energy	98	59	76	66	101	116	219	311	251	270	408	470	1737	1170	1110	1046	1005	1000	502	2947	4564	3898
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:57AM 2.56				1:24PM 2.85				1:38AM 2.84				2:11PM 2.74					3:02AM 1.69				3:05PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)			7:10AM 1.07				7:19PM 0.66				7:54AM 1.16				8:54PM 0.67
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	12	14	1	-	-	-	-	1	19	7	13
Temp. °C	13	10	12	15	16	15	15	16	14	14	15	16	16	14	15	14	14	14	15	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	12	8	11	15	16	15	15	15	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	15	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 NW	0.4 WSW	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	15	15	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	14	8	8	9	9	9	9	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	-
Period (s)	6	16	12	6	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	-	14	14	14	14	13	12	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.6 NNW	2.2 N	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 N	4.5 NNW	4.0 NNW
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	11

	Wednesday 06
	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	Tauranga 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Tauranga Bay 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	Haast Beach 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	15
Energy	99	65	65	63	57	59	100	144	76	76	66	142	66	930	936	997	990	1013	325	128	127	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:57AM 2.56													1:59PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)								7:15AM 0.57												7:33PM 1.13
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	4	3	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	10	9	9	10	13	14	12	12	14	16	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	7	8	6	7	8	12	13	11	11	14	16	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	16	16	17	6	12	12	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.5 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	2	2	2	2	3	6	2	3	3	3	2	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-

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