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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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	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	0	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.3 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.3 NNW	1.8 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 W
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	7	9	10	12	11	10	10	13	12	12
Energy	850	988	854	671	193	1713	1388	594	721	506	261	107	250	1057	1397	30	2100	1122	1211	1333	1179	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:53PM 1.82	9:14AM 1.87		9:36PM 1.87	9:55AM 1.91		10:15PM 1.92	10:34AM 1.93		10:16PM 3.14	10:36AM 3.13		10:35PM 2.83	11:07AM 2.59		11:28PM 3.15		12:25PM 1.93	12:39AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		2:41PM 0.63		3:04AM 0.62	2:50PM 1.11		3:46AM 0.59	3:18PM 0.48		4:26AM 0.57	3:57PM 0.46		4:28AM 1.04	4:47PM 1.06		5:00AM 0.44	5:04PM 0.47		6:13AM 0.56		6:35PM 0.58	6:15AM 1.07
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	22	4	-	-	-	4
High °C	13	13	11	9	12	9	11	12	11	12	14	12	14	15	15	16	16	14	13	14	12	14
Low °C	13	12	8	7	11	9	9	11	10	11	14	11	12	14	14	15	15	13	12	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	10	8	11	8	10	12	9	10	13	11	13	14	15	14	15	13	13	13	11	13
Sunrise	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:54
Sunset	-	5:19	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 N	1.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 N	3.0 NNW	2.3 NNW	1.8 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.7 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	6	15	14	14	13	13	13	5	7	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 NNE	0.8 N
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	4	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	-	-	8	-	4	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	-	-

	Wednesday 27							Thursday 28								Friday 29
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
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	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	Larsen Street 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13
Energy	882	764	850	877	988	995	868	854	738	671	671	365	193	1033	1676	1713	1700	1438	1388	602	594	1062
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:28AM 1.84				8:53PM 1.82									9:36PM 1.87				9:08AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)	2:16AM 0.65				2:41PM 0.63					3:04AM 0.62			2:50PM 1.11	3:25PM 0.61				3:46AM 0.59				4:06PM 0.59
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	13	13	13	11	10	9	7	6	5	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	7	11	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	6	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 W	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	6	8	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	13	6	8	12	18	18	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	11

	Wednesday 27
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
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	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	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	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
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	893	879	882	882	775	764	764	850	850	850	883	877	943	904	988	360	999	995	888	881	868	845
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:28AM 1.84												8:53PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			2:16AM 0.65												2:41PM 0.63
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	8	8	8	13	13	13	8	8	10	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	4	4	4

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