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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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	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	4	4	0	4	3	0	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.6 NNW	2.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	7	8	10	9	9	12	12	14	13	12	13	13	13	9	6	9	9	8	11	6
Energy(?)	231	270	166	224	291	253	197	1661	956	1214	1652	536	738	609	504	231	410	649	401	278	761	224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	glass	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:59AM 3.37		11:13PM 3.37	11:39AM 3.33		12:07AM 3.52		1:07PM 2.18	1:24AM 2.28		1:47PM 2.26	1:55AM 3.34		2:17PM 3.31	2:55AM 3.19		3:02PM 2.75		4:23AM 1.96	4:20PM 3.03		4:43AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)		5:02PM -0.05		5:27AM 0.00	5:48PM 0.01		6:55AM 0.15		7:08PM 0.03	7:35AM 0.13		7:35PM 0.54	8:14AM 0.21		8:34PM 0.71	9:27AM 0.39		10:12PM 0.46	10:29AM 0.52		10:44PM 1.05	10:52AM 0.65
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	19	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	1	18	45	21
High °C	15	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	12	13	13	12	15	16	14	14	17	16	19	16	14	14
Low °C	14	13	11	12	13	10	14	13	10	13	13	11	14	15	12	13	16	14	19	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	11	12	11	12	13	14	12	10	12	13	12	14	16	14	13	16	16	19	15	13	13
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:36	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 N	0.8 WNW	2.0 NW	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	12	7	8	10	9	9	12	12	14	13	12	13	13	13	6	9	9	9	8	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.6 NW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 N	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 NE	0.8 N
Period (s)	8	7	11	11	5	10	9	11	16	10	7	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	11	12	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 05							Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 NW	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12
Energy(?)	149	304	231	161	164	128	303	312	277	359	366	200	306	264	252	253	321	557	435	355	416	482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross
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
High Tide / height (m)				10:54AM 3.23				11:53PM 2.19				11:44AM 3.46				12:32AM 2.33				12:32PM 3.48
Low Tide / height (m)		4:40AM -0.05				5:07PM 0.40				5:57AM -0.01				5:53PM 0.37				6:55AM 0.15				6:38PM -0.09
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	12	11	1	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	14	15	15	15	13	12	11	11	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	13	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	8	10	14	14	14	15	12	11	10	10	11	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	14	13	11
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	7	7	8	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	12	11	12	11	6	11	11	11	13	10	11	18	12	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 05
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	146	255	196	193	187	194	359	357	128	128	118	127	102	130	128	124	242	246	104	126	124	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											11:24AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)				4:41AM 0.03													5:02PM -0.05
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	13	13	13	15	13	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	10	9	9	9	8	11	11	12	12	12	14	13	14	15	14	15	12	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 NW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	7	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	5	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	12	12	12	8	7	7	7	12	7	7	12	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-

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