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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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	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	0	4	4	3	4	3	0	4	4	2	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	16	16	14	13	12	12	11	14	13	13
Energy(?)	396	696	565	222	1116	1119	450	1244	552	352	947	1832	570	1069	416	406	574	710	585	1689	1365	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:23PM 2.14		12:46AM 2.10	12:25PM 3.47		1:24AM 2.12		1:40PM 2.18	2:03AM 2.10		2:22PM 2.12	2:11AM 3.26		2:31PM 2.88	3:34AM 1.94		4:08PM 1.90		4:35AM 1.83	4:26PM 2.48		4:47AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)		6:35PM 0.17		6:17AM 0.50	6:38PM 0.43	7:13PM 0.15	7:30AM 0.19		7:53PM 0.18	8:10AM 0.23		8:01PM 0.60	8:21AM 0.68		9:24PM 0.39	9:49AM 0.44		10:20PM 0.53	10:56AM 0.56		10:50PM 0.88	11:11AM 0.68
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	15	18	17	16	17	16	15	16	17	15	16	17	15	17	15	14	18	16	16	18
Low °C	15	16	13	15	16	15	17	15	12	14	16	14	15	16	13	15	15	14	17	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	18	17	16	17	16	15	16	16	15	16	17	15	17	15	14	18	16	16	18
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	16	16	14	13	12	12	11	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.6 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 N
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	17	14	13	16	15	14	14	18	12	12	10	11	14	14	16	13	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 19							Friday 20								Saturday 21
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13
Energy(?)	876	868	906	362	304	695	627	565	568	652	881	184	252	283	1121	1119	1192	1300	1472	458	505	506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:48AM 3.41				12:46AM 2.10				12:25PM 3.47					1:24AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		6:16AM 0.25				6:35PM 0.17				6:52AM 0.20				6:35PM -0.09	7:13PM 0.15				7:30AM 0.19
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	16	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	15	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	18	17	16	15	14	14	12	15	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	15	8	8	14	14	14	13	16	16	13	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Thursday 19
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	849	854	876	350	391	868	890	888	906	894	893	362	352	367	696	696	704	695	693	366	432	380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					5:41AM 0.57	6:16AM 0.25												6:35PM 0.17
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	13	13	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	16	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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