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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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	Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Sat
	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	Okarito Beach 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	3	3	0	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.3 N
Period(s) (?)	15	15	10	8	10	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	7
Energy(?)	479	701	722	1101	3775	3934	2464	1861	1044	623	624	610	357	672	1440	422	526	819	374	315	110	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:08PM 1.88		5:33AM 1.79	5:23PM 2.46		5:58AM 2.36	6:54PM 2.71		7:22AM 2.67		7:54PM 2.08	8:14AM 2.21		8:51PM 2.78	9:20AM 2.82		9:43PM 2.88	10:09AM 2.93		10:34PM 2.32	10:52AM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 0.64		11:23PM 0.58	11:46AM 0.66		11:43PM 0.80	12:10PM 0.91		1:05AM 1.40		1:40PM 1.43	2:06AM 0.85		2:40PM 1.41	3:07AM 1.40		3:34PM 1.36	4:00AM 1.32		4:38PM 0.54		4:45AM 1.23
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	7	-	5	10	23	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	15	4
High °C	16	20	18	18	18	15	16	16	14	16	15	14	16	16	15	17	18	15	15	18	16	17
Low °C	14	19	18	18	16	13	15	16	12	14	15	12	15	16	13	16	16	14	15	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	20	18	17	17	14	15	15	13	16	14	13	15	16	15	17	18	15	15	18	15	17
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 N	2.4 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 N	1.3 N
Period (s)	15	11	10	14	-	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	16	12	10	14	13	13	13	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 N	0.7 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	15	14	-	-	-	11	11	10	9	9	8	13	13	9	14	11	10	10	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NW	3.0 NW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	10	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	14	-	2	-	5	-	-	-

	Saturday 10					Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tue
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	8	8	14	14	14	6	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	-	11	11
Energy(?)	1562	514	566	648	1059	638	793	630	1101	2247	3775	3174	4107	3945	3580	2828	2464	2170	1852	0	1308	1044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:08PM 1.88				5:23AM 2.75				5:49PM 2.19				6:20AM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)		10:52AM 0.55				10:50PM 0.66				11:36AM 1.30				12:06AM 1.32				12:37PM 1.39
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	31	2	-	1	-	-	-	2	4	6	9	13	17	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	17	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	15	18	13	14	14	15	16	16	20	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	16	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	17	10	12	12	14	15	15	20	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	-	1.9 WSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	14	7	8	8	14	8	9	10	14	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	-	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	1.4 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	-	-	-

	Saturday 10																Sunday 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	11	11	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	10	10	10	-	10	10
Energy(?)	1395	479	479	479	824	796	723	570	637	588	559	546	692	890	606	593	711	722	707	0	649	599
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:58PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)				10:52AM 0.55													11:13PM 1.20
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	18	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	13	14	14	14	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	13	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	19	17	17
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	7	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	15	15	15	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	8	-	-	9	9	9	-	6	6

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