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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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	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Larsen Street 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 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	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	0	3	1	0	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	2	2	0	4	4	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 N	2.5 NNW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	11	11	7	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	8
Energy(?)	278	704	193	203	978	655	513	2962	1695	936	805	435	263	210	225	320	1081	1094	434	720	658	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:11AM 3.34		11:39PM 3.31	11:54AM 3.31		1:00AM 2.10	12:42PM 3.46		1:07AM 3.33		1:23PM 3.41	1:46AM 3.25		2:38PM 2.06	2:59AM 1.95		3:16PM 1.96	3:36AM 1.86		3:23PM 2.52	3:34AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 0.61		5:44AM 0.30	6:12PM 0.53		6:33AM 0.58	6:55PM 0.52		7:14AM 0.58		7:37PM 0.57	7:53AM 0.65		8:51PM 0.32	9:06AM 0.38		9:30PM 0.41	9:10AM 0.92		9:27PM 0.45	9:45AM 0.57
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	28	23	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29
High °C	16	15	14	17	14	15	18	17	16	15	16	15	17	17	15	17	16	15	17	18	17	16
Low °C	14	15	10	15	14	14	14	15	13	14	16	12	15	17	14	16	16	13	16	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	16	12	14	17	16	16	15	16	15	17	17	15	16	16	15	17	17	17	15
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	9:13	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.5 NE	1.6 N	2.5 NNW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	8	6	7	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	9	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.5 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	11	8	11	13	12	8	12	18	16	16	14	5	10	9	12	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	2.2 NNE	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 01					Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wed
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Breakwater 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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	0	0	2	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	278	274	275	317	272	546	244	240	153	212	248	235	331	655	669	884	1414	2252	1427	1832	1969	1680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:11AM 3.34				12:14AM 2.07				11:59AM 3.44				1:00AM 2.10								12:57AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)				5:20PM 0.27				5:49AM 0.64				6:12PM 0.53					7:08AM 0.25			6:59PM -0.03
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	1	1	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	17	16	14	15	11	10	15	17	18	18	17	15	15	14	13	15	15	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	17	16	14	14	10	9	15	16	18	18	17	14	15	12	11	14	14	10	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.5 NE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 NNW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	6	9	10	11	12	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.8 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.6 N	1.3 WSW	1.2 NE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.7 W	1.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	6	10	10	10	9	9	9	4	8	6	6	7	7	12	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	3	4	-	-	-	3	4	4	3	3	-	-

	Sunday 01																Monday 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Breakwater 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	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	0	0	2	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	282	280	278	393	275	722	273	273	217	274	273	217	271	643	714	642	608	546	242	244	290	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					11:11AM 3.34													12:14AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)											5:25PM 0.61
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	14	16	16	14	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	14	16	16	13	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	13	12
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	6	6	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-

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