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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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	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	5	6	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	10	10	9	10	-	13	14	17	-
Energy(?)	1131	1851	1340	614	1127	332	214	428	186	62	133	302	268	729	652	1621	1951	0	4180	2994	7701	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 1.71	3:36AM 2.71		3:57PM 2.26		4:20AM 2.23	4:50PM 2.12		5:41AM 2.48	6:29PM 2.47		6:53AM 2.02		8:16PM 1.54	8:50AM 1.58		9:09PM 1.67	9:36AM 1.75		9:17PM 2.51	10:31AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			9:31PM 1.11	9:52AM 1.19		10:10PM 0.83	10:40AM 0.90		11:08PM 0.98	12:08PM 1.42		12:37AM 1.16		1:11PM 1.00	2:35AM 0.78		2:34PM 1.29	3:26AM 0.63		3:03PM 0.76	3:23AM 0.68	4:23AM 0.56
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	8	2	4	2	2	-	1	-	2	-
High °C	15	16	16	15	17	15	17	17	15	18	18	18	18	15	15	14	16	12	16	17	15	20
Low °C	15	16	13	13	17	12	16	17	13	16	17	16	17	14	14	13	15	11	15	16	14	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	15	17	15	17	17	15	18	18	17	18	14	13	12	14	11	15	16	14	20
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.8 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.5 W	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	15	15	10	14	14	13	6	12	8	8	8	13	12	10	9	9	9	-	13	14	17	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 NNW	1.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	-
Period (s)	11	11	14	10	5	5	12	14	12	11	12	12	11	9	16	16	22	-	14	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	0.8 N	1.1 NNW	-	1.8 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	6	-	10	9	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 09					Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thu
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	11
Energy(?)	4093	3756	1782	1230	2568	1340	1248	1431	1119	574	601	719	810	704	685	552	259	169	205	203	210	377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:20PM 2.77				3:32AM 2.39					4:05PM 2.43				5:05AM 1.58				4:36PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)	9:42AM 0.55				9:26PM 0.65				9:48AM 0.74					10:12PM 0.83				11:16AM 0.71				11:57PM 0.80
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	15	16	16	15	13	14	14	15	16	17	15	14	15	15	14	17	17	16	14	16
Chill °C (?)	16	18	15	16	16	15	13	14	14	15	16	17	15	14	14	15	14	17	17	16	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	10	14	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	1.2 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.0 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	17	16	11	14	10	14	10	10	10	10	5	5	5	5	15	7	5	12	12	8	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Monday 09																Tuesday 10
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	4323	4094	1131	1318	2078	1508	1664	1642	1851	1802	1230	2041	2785	2591	2748	2725	974	1101	974	1230	1230	1906
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									3:11PM 2.46												3:21AM 2.56	4:11AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			9:07AM 1.03													10:06PM 0.60
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	12	12	11	15	14	12
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	10	11	10	15	14	11
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	10	15	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.1 W	0.4 N	0.4 N	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 N
Period (s)	17	17	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	10	10	10	16	16	14	16	16	10	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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