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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 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	4	3	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	2.1 W	1.6 W	-	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	-	-	15	14	-	12	12	-	11	11	10	10	9	10	18	16	16	14	13	12
Energy(?)	1805	2182	0	0	4367	3099	0	1405	723	0	425	419	117	133	49	76	366	779	401	303	266	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:03PM 3.07	3:32AM 2.95		3:44PM 2.85		4:08AM 2.45	4:54PM 2.14		5:16AM 2.85	5:54PM 2.12		6:14AM 2.36	6:38PM 2.79	7:18PM 1.84	7:20AM 2.89		8:07PM 2.17	8:40AM 2.22		8:36PM 2.84	10:01AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			9:21PM 1.00	9:27AM 0.52		10:10PM 0.99	10:17AM 0.57		11:15PM 0.41	11:26AM 1.07		12:36AM 0.52	12:24PM 0.58		1:37AM 0.51		1:24PM 0.54	2:24AM 0.41		2:47PM 0.36	2:52AM 0.37
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	19	10	2	1	7	7	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	11	15	15	13	17	14	13	17	18	16	23	22	17	19	17	15	19	19	16	16
Low °C	15	13	9	13	14	12	14	14	10	13	17	14	18	20	13	17	16	13	17	18	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	10	14	14	12	17	13	13	17	18	16	23	22	16	19	16	15	19	19	16	16
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:13	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	2.1 W	1.6 W	-	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	17	16	-	-	15	14	-	12	12	-	11	11	10	10	9	10	18	16	16	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	12	12	-	13	11	-	7	7	6	7	4	13	11	10	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 25					Friday 26								Saturday 27								Sun
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	-	-	3.0 W	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	-	-	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	10	10	10	10	14	14	-	-	15	-	14	14	14	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3554	1815	2182	2192	2173	3193	3091	0	0	4177	0	4758	4383	3102	3042	1872	1892	0	0	761	1029	1218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross	cross	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:03PM 3.07				3:19AM 2.49					4:24PM 1.87				4:21AM 2.89				4:51PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	9:29AM 0.56				9:16PM 0.69				9:51AM 0.49					10:05PM 0.68				10:42AM 0.51				11:38PM 0.53
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	10	4	4	4	3	2	-	1	3	-	4	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	16	15	14	14	15	10	13	14	16	12	12	12	10	10	14	17	19	15	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	14	12	13	9	12	12	15	12	12	12	8	9	13	17	19	15	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NW	2.4 W	0.9 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	-	-	3.0 W	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	-	-	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	9	10	16	10	10	14	14	-	-	15	-	14	14	14	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 N	-	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	11	16	13	16	16	13	12	-	-	12	-	13	12	12	13	11	11	-	-	11	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 NNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 25																Friday 26
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	-	15	10	10	14	10	10	-	-	13	14	15
Energy(?)	3643	1724	1805	1679	2107	1815	2067	0	0	2099	0	3955	2833	2282	4856	1951	2198	0	0	2650	2992	6681
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)									3:16PM 2.21												3:08AM 2.66	4:07AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		8:54AM 1.04													9:56PM 0.54
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	-	1	1	3	2
High °C	13	15	15	16	16	15	17	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	12	14	14	10	9	12	15	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	14	15	13	16	12	12	12	14	12	13	14	10	12	13	9	8	12	14	11
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 WNW	1.1 WSW	2.4 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	10	17	17	10	17	10	17	-	-	16	-	15	10	10	14	10	10	-	-	13	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.0 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 N	-	2.1 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 N	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.1 NNW	0.2 N	1.1 N
Period (s)	16	13	13	18	13	16	13	-	-	13	-	9	16	16	8	15	15	-	-	7	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.6 NW	3.0 WNW	1.7 NNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	10	7	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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