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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 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	2	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	1.3 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	-	-	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	11	8	12	13	12	10	9	9	10	-	-	12	13	13	13	16	15
Energy(?)	600	1095	871	264	439	110	138	132	234	201	441	802	1031	1628	0	0	1520	2769	1585	1230	1266	986
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:42PM 2.45		4:08AM 2.38	5:00PM 2.06		6:16AM 1.52		7:04PM 1.51	7:03AM 2.48		7:29PM 2.06	8:10AM 2.38		8:44PM 2.63	9:11AM 2.74		9:17PM 2.51	9:56AM 2.93		10:00PM 2.71	10:17AM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)			10:19PM 1.27	10:28AM 0.96		11:57PM 0.80	12:43PM 0.81		1:17AM 0.83		1:27PM 1.41	1:42AM 0.99		3:09PM 0.73	3:01AM 1.23		3:26PM 1.11	3:23AM 0.68		4:09PM 0.91		4:05AM 0.47
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	23	5	6	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	15	17	17	14	17	18	17	18	18	14	15	16	16	19	16	14	17	17	14	17
Low °C	13	16	14	15	16	13	14	17	15	17	16	13	15	15	12	15	15	13	16	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	17	17	14	17	18	16	18	18	13	12	15	16	19	15	13	17	17	14	16
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	8:16	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.5 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 N	1.3 W	0.6 N	2.5 W	3.0 W	-	-	0.3 N	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	11	8	12	6	7	10	9	9	10	-	-	13	13	13	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	16	15	5	14	5	11	7	13	11	10	12	8	8	-	-	-	13	13	17	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	-	1.0 N	-	-	-	1.0 N	-	0.8 N	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	8	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	5	9	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 10					Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	1119	1039	594	736	719	871	718	588	517	210	154	210	225	356	102	140	80	128	132	85	207	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	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)								5:05AM 1.58				4:50PM 2.12				5:41AM 2.48				6:29PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)	9:48AM 0.74					10:54PM 0.71				10:51AM 1.34				11:57PM 0.80				11:35AM 1.07				12:11AM 1.09
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	18	16	16	15	14	15	15	16	17	17	16	14	15	13	13	14	17	18	17	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	18	16	16	15	13	15	15	16	17	17	16	14	14	12	13	14	17	18	17	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.5 WSW	0.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	7	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	11	7	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.2 NNE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	11	5	15	7	12	12	5	5	14	8	14	8	11	11	7	12	7	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Tuesday 10																Wednesday 11
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1241	1064	600	1173	1285	1197	1185	1195	1095	506	488	720	679	903	410	403	387	496	333	314	436	430
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										4:10PM 2.63												4:08AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)			9:52AM 1.19													10:19PM 1.27
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	12
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	5	16	16	16	16	9	5	5	5	16	5	5	5	10	5	5	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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