West Coast South Island Surf

West Coast South Island Surf Forecast

Detailed West Coast South Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in West Coast South Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in West Coast South Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in West Coast South Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from West Coast South Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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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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West Coast South Island Wavefinder

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	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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 Beach - The Channel 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	8	5	3	0	3	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	9	18	18	16	16	10	16	16	15	14	14	17	16	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	13
Energy	1216	7963	3718	4656	6048	4110	8654	3460	4173	1402	1428	2833	1271	1822	714	3760	1472	3429	1181	1026	1081	1267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 1.69		3:47AM 2.79	4:23PM 2.71		5:21AM 1.72	5:11PM 2.35		5:47AM 2.84		6:57PM 1.73	6:34AM 2.56		7:20PM 2.92	8:17AM 1.91		8:50PM 1.91	8:38AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85	10:08AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	9:16AM 1.12		9:36PM 1.16	10:10AM 1.10		10:33PM 1.15	11:43AM 0.56		11:21PM 0.66			1:08AM 0.55		1:38PM 0.46	1:30AM 0.91		2:00PM 0.80			2:55PM 0.71		3:55AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	5	2	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	12
Low °C	10	9	11	13	13	8	8	11	9	8	11	9	9	11	10	11	12	11	11	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	8	11	11	11	9	11	11	9	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	13	12	12	13	13	11
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	1.8 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	18	18	9	-	15	16	10	15	14	14	17	16	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	16	10	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	20	9	8	8	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	16	16	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 07	Monday 08	Tuesday 09	Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	8	9	5	5	5	0	3	0	0	2	2	3	5	6	9	8	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	18	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	10	11	16	16	15	16	16	15	15
Energy	1216	1073	7963	9607	3928	3718	4505	2784	4656	5387	6048	4817	5247	4110	3856	5135	8654	7217	3460	6897	4644	4173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:02PM 1.69				3:47AM 2.79				4:20PM 2.25				4:41AM 2.61				5:18PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		9:19AM 0.60				9:36PM 1.16				10:10AM 1.10				10:33PM 1.15				11:43AM 0.56				11:21PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	1	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	9	9	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	9	9	8	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	8	9	7	6	11	11	10	9	10
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	0.8 NNW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	-	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	18	18	17	18	18	17	9	-	-	16	16	15	11	11	16	15	10	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	1.5 W
Period (s)	10	22	10	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	-	-	16	16	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	16	16	16	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07	Monday 08
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth 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	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	8	9	5	5	5	0	3	0	0	2	2	3	5	6	9	8	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Energy	1469	1354	1216	1216	1073	1073	5014	7154	7963	8888	9109	9607	9932	9817	3928	2200	3718	3718	3718	3977	4505	6340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:02PM 1.69											3:46AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)				9:16AM 1.12												9:36PM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	8	18	18	18	18	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.6 W	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	22	22	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	18	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-