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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 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	4	9	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 N	1.1 WSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	-	14	12	11	11	18	16
Energy(?)	4471	4587	2218	1769	3695	3204	1152	2265	1244	1130	890	328	239	380	344	0	232	406	263	228	1149	938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:05PM 2.71	2:54AM 1.86		3:14PM 1.82	3:30AM 1.77		3:20PM 2.77	3:21AM 2.56	4:11AM 1.67	4:07PM 2.17		4:30AM 2.58	5:50PM 1.54		6:16AM 1.52		7:04PM 1.51	7:03AM 2.48		7:29PM 2.06	8:09AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 0.39	8:29AM 0.87		9:26PM 0.49	9:07AM 1.03		9:14PM 0.66	10:27AM 0.66		10:54PM 0.71	10:51AM 1.34		11:22PM 1.40	12:43PM 0.81		1:17AM 0.83		1:27PM 1.41	1:42AM 0.99
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	12	-	2	3	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	15	16	17	14	18	16	15	22	17	15	17	15	13	16
Low °C	15	15	16	16	16	14	15	16	14	14	16	11	14	16	14	17	16	13	14	14	11	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	15	16	17	14	18	16	15	22	17	15	16	14	12	15
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 N	1.1 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	-	14	12	11	11	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.2 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.4 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.5 N	-	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 N
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	5	11	5	5	6	6	-	12	11	11	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.8 NE	1.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	5	-

	Saturday 07					Sunday 08								Monday 09								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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile 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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	4471	2721	4587	1959	4374	4547	1933	1743	2002	3688	1601	3419	1281	3204	1292	3982	3759	3534	1603	1113	1342	2078
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:38PM 1.92				2:19AM 3.00				2:44PM 2.52				2:55AM 2.86				3:20PM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)	8:29AM 0.35				8:50PM 0.39				8:17AM 0.40				8:51PM 0.94				9:42AM 0.55				9:25PM 0.65
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	-	11	-	3	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	15	19	15	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	15	17	17	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	19	14	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	15	17	17	17	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.2 N	1.2 NW	0.2 N	1.1 NW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 N
Period (s)	8	12	8	12	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	17	16	11	14	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 07																Sunday 08
	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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile 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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	4548	2054	4471	1625	4449	4680	1780	1795	1902	4566	2000	4657	1973	4377	1972	4470	4289	4547	1943	1943	2412	2902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								2:03PM 3.09												2:19AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)														8:50PM 0.39
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	17	15	15	18	18	19	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	17	14	14	18	18	19	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.1 NW	0.2 NNW	1.1 NW	0.2 N	1.1 NW	0.2 N	1.1 NW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	12	12	8	12	8	8	12	12	13	8	12	8	12	7	13	7	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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