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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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	Wed		Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Breakwater 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	0	2	2	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 NW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	8	9	9	7	12	11	11	-	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	468	273	600	825	344	275	1325	890	0	1012	1298	813	798	1565	1676	1572	988	669	896	778	1214	2320
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:07PM 3.33	11:12AM 2.09		11:36PM 2.14	11:28AM 3.43		11:48PM 3.05	12:20PM 3.47		1:26AM 2.15		1:48PM 2.17	2:22AM 2.10		2:17PM 2.54	2:41AM 3.24		2:34PM 3.05			4:20PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)			4:58AM 0.25	5:22PM 0.22		5:16AM 0.55	5:40PM 0.49		6:09AM 0.57	6:34PM 0.51	7:09PM 0.20	6:57AM 0.30		8:03PM 0.25	7:55AM 0.74		8:23PM 0.70	8:48AM 0.86		9:55PM 0.43	10:06AM 0.46
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	9	2	-	1	1	1	-	9	4	-	1	2	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	11	15	16	14	17	15	16	22	16	16	18	19	17	16	15	14	17	16	18	17	15
Low °C	16	8	14	16	13	16	14	15	18	15	16	17	18	15	15	15	13	16	16	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	15	9	14	14	13	17	14	15	22	16	16	17	19	16	16	15	14	16	16	18	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	9:12	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	0.5 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.9 W	0.5 W	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	0.5 N	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	8	9	15	7	6	11	16	-	10	13	12	12	15	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NNW	-	0.6 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 N
Period (s)	8	16	15	7	13	12	16	16	-	14	17	16	13	-	15	13	12	12	10	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	0.8 NNE	1.7 W	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	6	-	-	9	-	-	4	11	-	-	-	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.8 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	13	7	12	12	12	-	11	11	12	11	10	10
Energy(?)	118	142	1444	1492	1038	634	611	821	492	530	423	416	861	922	275	0	636	712	603	1803	1202	1245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:42PM 2.09				10:30AM 2.98				10:56PM 3.28				11:43AM 2.62				12:31AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)	3:55PM 0.63					4:23AM 0.58				4:47PM 0.54				5:51AM 0.23				5:40PM 0.49				6:34AM 0.15
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	13	12	9	14	15	16	15	13	13	12	12	16	24	17	16	16	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	12	11	7	14	14	15	14	12	12	11	11	16	24	16	15	16	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	-	1.4 W	0.3 WSW	1.3 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	8	8	16	15	8	9	9	10	14	14	13	7	12	12	6	-	11	18	12	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.3 N	0.5 W	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.7 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 WSW	1.4 NW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	17	15	15	15	15	7	12	21	13	20	19	12	-	18	19	18	9	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	1.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	11	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03										Thursday 04
	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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	3.0 WSW	0.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	-	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	16	7	7	8	8	16	8	8	9	16	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	7	8	8
Energy(?)	133	124	468	585	637	142	140	214	205	232	1440	290	1492	2350	408	0	553	634	490	666	289	289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										10:07PM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)				4:30PM 0.29												4:40AM 0.11
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	11	10	13	10	12	12	8	11	8	9	11	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	9	8	12	9	11	11	6	11	6	7	11	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	-	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	8	8	16	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	16	8	15	8	9	-	9	9	9	15	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N	0.5 W	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	12	16	16	17	16	17	15	16	-	15	15	7	16	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

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