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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 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	8	5	5	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	16	13	12	13	18	16	15	14	18	16	14
Energy(?)	1684	4741	2584	3188	3823	3408	1193	685	158	55	72	56	200	222	375	195	499	273	161	874	1675	1400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:00AM 3.49		11:43PM 2.62			12:43AM 2.13		1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		1:29PM 3.23	2:28AM 1.98		2:33PM 3.07	2:32AM 2.84		3:44PM 2.92		3:41AM 2.69	4:56PM 2.83		4:57AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 0.40		5:55AM -0.06	5:44PM -0.06	6:32PM 0.19	6:53AM 0.21		7:21PM 0.29	7:45AM 0.31		8:15PM 0.42	8:11AM 0.84		8:18PM 0.43	8:55AM 0.47		9:35PM 0.60	10:05AM 0.60		10:34PM 0.71	11:19AM 0.65
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	14	4	14	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	11	14	16	11	16	16	10	12	12	11	12	13	8	13	12	10	12	12	9	12
Low °C	15	12	11	12	14	10	12	14	9	10	9	11	9	11	6	11	10	9	7	12	9	10
Chill °C (?)	14	13	10	13	16	10	15	15	8	10	10	10	10	12	5	12	11	8	10	12	7	12
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:30
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	16	13	12	13	13	16	15	14	18	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	0.8 WSW	-	1.2 N	1.4 NNW	-	1.0 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 N	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	18	-	9	8	-	8	8	8	5	7	7	7	7	7	18	12	11	6	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	5	4	3	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 18							Sunday 19								Monday 20
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
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	Little Wanganui 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	5	5	8	7	8	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	2.2 W	-	-	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	-	-	10	13	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1838	1631	0	0	1203	4448	4777	7092	6900	7034	3188	6070	3188	3009	3471	3408	1461	1425	1193	628	685	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:21AM 2.64				11:59PM 2.15								11:54PM 3.27	12:08AM 3.40				12:17PM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)		4:50AM 0.44				5:48PM 0.14								5:57PM 0.49					6:07AM -0.01
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	5	5	1	1	3	1	1	1	4	14	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	11	12	14	12	10	10	9	8	12	13	16	13	11	10	9	11	12	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	9	10	14	11	8	8	6	6	11	12	16	12	10	8	6	9	11	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.2 W	-	-	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	10	13	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	1.2 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.3 W	-	-	-	1.2 N	-	1.3 N	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	8	9	15	-	-	-	9	-	9	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

	Saturday 18
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
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	Little Wanganui 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	5	5	8	7	8	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	2.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	-	-	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	1988	1884	0	0	1657	2687	2945	3178	3397	3818	1276	4307	1312	1405	1203	1376	1791	2436	1889	2560	2105	2136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											11:00AM 3.49	11:35AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)					4:36AM -0.03	5:25AM 0.16												5:10PM -0.08
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	9	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	16	13	13	15	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	13	14	10	10	10	11	12	13	10	13	13	14	14	12	14	13	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.5 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.3 WSW	1.2 NNW	0.5 W	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	21	20	20	8	8	8	8	19	8	8	8	8	8	20	8	18	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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