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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 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Haast Beach 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	0	5	0	0	4	4	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 W	-	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.6 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	9	-	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	11	7	8	8	10	11	11	10	10	10	14
Energy(?)	198	369	648	0	1164	1665	2094	1993	2043	879	975	378	204	419	453	2515	2093	2233	874	1181	1193	4115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				7:09AM 2.77		7:38PM 2.86	8:02AM 2.62		9:07PM 1.80	9:32AM 1.77		9:32PM 2.11	9:56AM 2.14		10:34PM 1.88	10:45AM 1.97		11:01PM 2.00	10:55AM 3.10		11:12PM 3.12	11:29AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)	12:52PM 0.72		12:55AM 0.61		1:21PM 1.28	1:54AM 1.20		2:14PM 0.94	3:20AM 0.64		3:03PM 0.87	3:44AM 0.44		3:28PM 0.57		4:35AM 0.51	5:04PM 0.57		4:47AM 1.03	5:05PM 1.02		5:23AM 1.02
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	8	9	1	-	19	16	5	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	28	-	36	1	22	44	8
High °C	13	13	13	20	13	13	11	13	11	12	13	11	13	16	17	14	16	16	17	17	18	16
Low °C	13	13	11	16	9	10	10	13	10	11	12	9	13	16	16	13	16	16	17	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	20	10	10	8	10	10	11	13	10	12	15	16	12	14	15	17	17	18	14
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	1.2 W	2.0 W	-	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	0.1 N	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.6 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	6	7	9	-	14	14	12	21	13	12	12	11	7	8	8	10	11	11	10	10	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	2.2 N
Period (s)	12	11	10	-	-	-	8	-	-	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	12	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	2.3 W	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNW	1.9 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7

	Thursday 13							Friday 14								Saturday 15
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	0	0	4	6	5	5	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	1.8 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	7	9	9	9	16	15	16	-	-	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	516	589	204	290	343	483	549	648	2521	2441	881	0	0	1335	5281	3092	3277	2106	2094	2027	1890	1764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	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)		6:41AM 1.73				6:35PM 2.86					7:04AM 2.59				8:13PM 1.77				8:07AM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)				12:17PM 1.27				12:50AM 0.91	1:30AM 0.67				1:38PM 0.62				2:29AM 0.67				2:19PM 1.23
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	5	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	3	2	1	1
Temp. °C	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	11	14	20	18	14	8	8	8	7	10	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	13	13	13	13	12	11	9	10	13	20	17	14	6	6	7	6	7	8	10	10
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	-	-	1.8 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	6	7	7	9	9	9	16	15	8	-	-	14	13	13	12	12	12	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 WNW	0.2 NNE	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	12	11	11	11	10	10	7	12	13	-	-	-	17	11	16	11	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11

	Thursday 13
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	0	0	4	6	5	5	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	478	447	246	209	218	213	257	238	1008	1008	316	0	0	333	1104	610	1219	781	539	546	609	621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:06AM 2.80												7:00PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)												12:31PM 0.64
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	13	16	17	12	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	11	14	14	11	16	17	12	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	-	-	1.2 W	0.2 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	6	-	-	7	11	12	11	12	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	5	5	5	11	8	8	12	-	-	12	6	11	6	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	-	4	4	-	-	6	12	12	6	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-

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