West Coast South Island Surf

Detailed West Coast South Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in West Coast South Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in West Coast South Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in West Coast South Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from West Coast South Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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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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West Coast South Island Wavefinder

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	Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	0	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.5 W	1.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	11	9	8	19	17	15	14
Energy(?)	1010	811	264	335	330	138	146	87	199	69	374	147	273	301	123	87	556	556	366	876	2135	1295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:42PM 1.75	8:34AM 2.68		9:33PM 1.89	10:03AM 1.89		9:45PM 3.23	10:09AM 3.08		10:31PM 3.39	10:52AM 3.04		11:53PM 2.19	12:19PM 2.17		12:07AM 3.52	12:27PM 3.35		1:34AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		2:31PM 0.56	3:00AM 0.43		2:44PM 0.53	3:49AM 0.30		3:36PM 0.67			4:19PM 0.08		4:40AM -0.05	5:02PM -0.05		6:07AM 0.11	5:53PM 0.37		6:15AM 0.06	6:38PM 0.06	7:18PM 0.15	7:10AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	10	12	12	9	12	12	11	12	12	11	16	13	14	15	13	12	13	14	13	16
Low °C	8	9	7	10	11	7	12	12	9	11	12	9	15	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	11	15
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	11	10	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	12	14	15	12	11	11	13	12	16
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	2.1 W	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	6	11	13	13	13	12	12	5	9	8	8	17	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	19	18	6	11	15	6	9	8	7	8	11	11	11	19	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 01	Sunday 02	Monday 03	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	12
Energy(?)	1010	888	811	548	512	569	569	284	239	269	330	191	304	294	285	268	109	85	128	126	242	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:20AM 1.66				8:02PM 2.66				8:39AM 2.86				8:50PM 2.69				9:28AM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)			2:31PM 0.56				3:00AM 0.43				2:41PM 0.46				3:49AM 0.30				3:31PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	9	12	9	8	7	7	9	11	12	10	10	9	9	9	11	12	13	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	10	7	7	5	6	9	10	10	8	8	7	8	8	11	11	12	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	11	15	16	15	8	7	7	6	13	14	8	19	19	18	17	18	17	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 01	Sunday 02
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	14
Energy(?)	971	1058	1010	511	408	888	744	423	390	437	661	329	648	508	660	668	274	264	471	420	569	364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:20AM 1.66											7:57PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)																				2:20AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	8	12	12	8	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	4	6	8	12	11	8	9	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	6	6	5	6
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	16	16	7	7	11	11	17	17	7	16	16	16	7	15	15	15	14	15	15	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-