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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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	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Shingles 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 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	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 NW	2.2 NW	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	14	11	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	10	14	14	10	9	9	13	16	14	13	13
Energy(?)	888	1829	3490	2756	1881	1807	2002	1794	1287	1070	1511	3245	5212	4810	1539	2854	1361	1223	1982	2127	2196	821
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				8:25AM 1.91		8:42PM 2.94	8:57AM 3.11			10:02AM 2.15		10:38PM 2.05	10:53AM 2.14		11:08PM 2.23	11:00AM 3.49		11:24PM 3.43	11:45AM 3.47		12:03AM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)		2:09PM 0.47			2:30PM 0.81	2:50AM 0.80		3:11PM 0.62		3:55AM 0.19	3:46PM 0.13		4:44AM 0.20	4:56PM 0.02		4:50AM 0.44	5:13PM 0.40		5:32AM 0.44	5:57PM 0.49		6:28AM 0.05
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	7	13	18	8	10	-	1	8	5	5	9	4	20	44	20	12	18	9	4	2	2
High °C	16	15	15	11	13	11	15	15	16	13	13	14	15	15	15	16	14	13	14	14	11	13
Low °C	15	15	12	8	12	10	12	14	13	12	13	13	15	14	13	16	13	11	12	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	9	11	10	14	14	15	10	10	12	14	13	13	14	14	12	13	13	10	13
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.0 W	0.4 NW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNW	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 NNW	2.1 WSW	2.2 NW	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.3 NW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	16	15	11	-	14	14	8	11	9	13	16	14	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.1 W	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	0.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 N	1.4 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.1 W	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	18	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	10	16	10	8	8	9	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	-	1.1 NNE	-	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	14	11	-	-	-	-	10	9	9	10	-	4	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	10

	Monday 13							Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Wavetraps 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	15	14	14	14	10	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	685	1160	1028	1697	1829	3127	3277	3408	3400	1477	2082	3754	3400	2088	1626	1807	1478	1359	1674	1662	1794	764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							7:56PM 2.76				8:10AM 2.74								8:57AM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)	1:17AM 1.16				1:44PM 1.01												2:50AM 0.80					3:21PM 0.13
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	7	6	4	3	4	1	13	1	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	14	14	16	14	15	15	14	13	14	11	13	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	13	15	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	13	14	14	12	11	12	11	12	5	11	11	9	10	10	9	12	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	15	14	13	13	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	1.1 NW	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	-	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	10	19	16	16	14	14	16	-	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 13
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Wavetraps 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	15	15	15	15	12	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	714	834	806	714	737	725	784	833	879	2078	977	5457	5630	3549	3549	1829	3127	3127	3278	3150	3589	3029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								7:28AM 2.72												7:56PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)		1:42AM 0.58													2:09PM 0.47
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	3	3	6	2	3	3	3	2	1	2
High °C	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	16	14	16	14	14	11	12	14	14	15	15	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	16	12	16	12	12	9	10	12	12	14	13	12	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	15	15	15	15	12	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	14	10	12	12	19	19	19	18	19	16	18	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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