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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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	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Rapahoe/Chimney Pots West Coast South Island	Haast 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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island
Rating	0	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 N	2.2 N	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	5.5 NNW	5.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	16	14	13	12	11	11	16	15	14	11	14	12	12	12	10	8	9	13
Energy(?)	342	913	1901	1055	1068	422	497	410	475	129	1545	514	817	1508	4431	3529	8350	9792	2608	1630	826	516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	on	glass	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:45PM 3.03	1:57AM 3.13		2:35PM 3.23	2:59AM 3.12		4:08PM 1.90		4:35AM 1.83	5:20PM 1.78		5:07AM 2.39	6:05PM 2.77		6:21AM 2.38		7:58PM 1.71	7:57AM 2.86		8:26PM 2.38	8:39AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)			7:48PM 0.03	8:20AM 0.13		8:49PM 0.78	9:49AM 0.44		10:20PM 0.53	10:56AM 0.56		11:09PM 0.59	11:32AM 0.61		12:53AM 0.71	12:45PM 0.67		2:14AM 0.69		2:17PM 1.07	2:32AM 0.62
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	3	13	16	42	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	18	16	15	17	15	14	19	17	17	16	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	17
Low °C	14	16	14	16	16	13	16	15	14	16	17	15	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	18	16	15	17	15	14	19	17	17	16	16	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	17
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 N	2.2 N	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.4 WSW	-	3.0 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	16	14	13	12	11	11	16	15	14	11	14	12	12	-	10	14	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	18	12	12	10	11	14	14	6	13	7	13	13	12	12	-	-	10	8	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	5.5 NNW	5.5 WNW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	12	12	-	8	-	-

	Sunday 22							Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	16	13	-	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	640	582	504	508	320	257	1469	1901	1740	1723	1648	0	1109	531	1011	634	591	570	259	210	326	251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:24AM 3.02				1:47PM 3.38				2:46AM 2.04				2:39PM 2.80				2:55AM 2.79				3:26PM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)			7:24AM 0.01				8:36PM 0.27				8:56AM 0.32				9:24PM 0.39				9:14AM 0.86
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	21	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	15	21	17	16	15	15	15	13	13	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	-	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	18	18	16	16	15	-	16	11	13	10	10	14	10	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	676	640	566	598	429	424	850	855	854	835	804	0	668	315	913	552	474	1246	283	251	526	383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:24AM 3.02												1:52PM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)								8:10AM 0.23												8:01PM 0.60
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	15	13	13	12	13	14	15	15	20	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	15	12	12	11	12	14	15	14	20	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.5 WSW	0.3 N	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	13	13	14	13	13	18	13	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	5	5	-	4	5	5	-	-	-

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