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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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	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Larsen Street 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	4	0	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	4	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	4.5 NNW	3.0 N	2.0 NNW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1500	4553	1835	770	2576	711	1726	1295	1289	1096	967	1063	785	940	888	634	431	1605	435	1430	363	351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:15PM 2.79	10:36AM 2.83		11:12PM 3.12	11:20AM 2.69		12:23AM 1.95	12:03PM 3.16		12:58AM 1.95		1:13PM 1.95	1:35AM 1.92	12:59PM 2.81		1:29AM 2.53		1:38PM 2.74	2:20AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 0.47		4:26AM 0.42	4:45PM 0.45		5:12AM 0.40	5:39PM 1.00		5:58AM 1.02	6:13PM 1.01		7:08AM 0.56		7:22PM 0.56	6:50AM 0.48		7:23PM 0.49	7:39AM 0.55		8:05PM 1.11	8:28AM 1.14
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	12	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	14	16	15	17	15	16	15	18	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	11	14	12	12	17
Low °C	17	16	14	16	15	16	15	16	13	17	16	13	14	15	12	13	14	9	13	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	17	14	14	16	15	17	14	16	14	18	16	15	16	15	14	13	12	8	13	11	11	17
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	0.2 WSW	3.0 N	2.0 NNW	2.5 WSW	1.2 NNW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	13	9	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	7	12	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.6 N	0.9 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	16	12	10	9	14	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	9	8	8	8	12	7	12	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	7	12	-	-

	Tuesday 18					Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.0 N	1.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1500	3569	2268	2024	1638	1696	1105	1034	1222	635	528	4068	4188	3802	3127	1802	1632	1660	1432	1201	1131	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:00AM 2.76	10:10AM 2.59				10:36PM 3.08				10:55AM 3.10				11:47PM 1.94				11:20AM 2.69				11:48PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)				4:08PM 0.50				4:47AM 1.03				5:40PM 0.54				5:02AM 0.39				5:21PM 0.43
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	4	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	17	17	17	16	17	16	15	16	17	15	15	15	14	16	16	15	15	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	17	14	17	17	17	15	17	16	15	16	17	15	15	15	13	16	16	13	13	16	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	0.2 WSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.0 N	1.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	11	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.4 N	1.2 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 N
Period (s)	12	16	-	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 18																Wednesday 19
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	4.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.5 NNW	4.0 N	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	644	2173	1500	1731	2020	5109	3569	4636	3902	4121	3639	2835	2637	2525	2321	1549	1367	1519	1346	1081	1286	1135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			10:00AM 2.76													10:15PM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)										4:29PM 1.05												4:47AM 1.03
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	15	16	17	17	18	15	16	16	14	16	16	14	14	14	14	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	17	17	18	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	16	16	17	15	16
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	4.0 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.3 NW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW
Period (s)	8	10	11	11	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	11	16	16	11	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 N	-	-	-	4.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.5 NNW	-	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	12	12	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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