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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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	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 N	0.5 W	3.0 N	1.8 WNW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	20	18	16	15	12	14	8	8	11
Energy(?)	1214	1109	1874	613	1376	1418	711	1554	1401	648	1680	1453	1775	958	905	980	927	753	101	1549	664	1080
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:38AM 1.96		10:12PM 2.85	10:34AM 2.79		10:50PM 2.94	11:12AM 2.83		12:12AM 2.08	11:56AM 3.20		12:46AM 2.04		1:04PM 1.96	1:19AM 1.97		1:36PM 1.90	1:52AM 1.89		1:35PM 2.94	2:28AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		3:59PM 0.31		4:24AM 0.18	4:40PM 0.21		5:04AM 0.12		6:05PM 0.31	5:49AM 0.64		6:39PM 0.31	6:58AM 0.31		7:12PM 0.35	7:32AM 0.36		7:45PM 0.41	7:25AM 0.53		8:19PM 0.49	8:41AM 0.52
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	22	7
High °C	11	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	13	9	7	8	12	9	13	11	9	12	9	12	12
Low °C	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	10	8	10	9	6	6	12	9	10	11	9	9	9	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	9	10	11	10	11	10	10	13	7	6	8	12	8	13	10	8	11	6	10	10
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	5:58	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 N	0.6 N	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	16	15	12	8	10	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	-	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 N	0.8 N
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	-	11	10	20	20	18	6	12	14	14	13	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	3.0 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	-	-

	Friday 22					Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Mon
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	16	15	15
Energy(?)	2262	1358	1493	1082	1193	1147	1059	1490	1388	563	531	1475	1292	1418	1172	1189	1343	1378	529	510	1574	1401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:54AM 2.69				10:10PM 2.87				10:45AM 3.21				11:36PM 2.08				11:57AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)				3:58PM 0.30				5:09AM 0.34				5:28PM 0.34				5:48AM 0.30				5:30PM 0.67	6:05PM 0.31
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	11	12	10	10	8
Chill °C (?)	6	11	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	10	11	11	10	8	8	7	8	11	11	10	10	6
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	13	-	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22																	Saturday 23
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	2291	1199	1214	974	974	974	1109	2379	2530	636	740	2245	2214	2022	1994	1881	1881	1874	1118	639	1853	1831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:52AM 2.71													10:57PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)											4:13PM 0.82
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	6	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	19	19	19	19	19	19	-	-	-	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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