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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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	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	2	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	4	3	3	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	18	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	12	12	8	8	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	278	840	577	1005	1610	1311	699	1958	2124	786	1328	990	1032	867	343	263	803	369	649	287	202	121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:11PM 1.88		5:45AM 1.81	5:58PM 2.31		7:18AM 1.71		8:02PM 1.72	8:40AM 1.75		8:36PM 2.69	9:09AM 2.82		9:44PM 3.00	10:01AM 2.74		10:30PM 2.71	10:49AM 2.89		11:21PM 3.23	11:39AM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 1.04		11:26PM 0.55	12:07PM 0.58		12:54AM 0.69		1:42PM 0.65	2:20AM 0.68		2:36PM 0.50	2:54AM 0.80		3:28PM 0.43	3:59AM 0.93		4:18PM 0.28		4:35AM 0.29	4:52PM 0.16		5:30AM 0.63
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	10	-	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	18	20	18	17	17	16	14	15	17	16	17	16	14	15	17	14	16	16	12	15
Low °C	18	16	16	19	18	15	15	15	13	15	16	15	16	16	11	12	15	11	12	14	8	11
Chill °C (?)	20	17	18	20	18	17	16	16	14	15	17	16	17	15	14	14	17	12	16	16	11	15
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	12	12	10	8	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 NNW	0.5 N
Period (s)	16	18	18	9	8	8	13	13	13	12	12	16	4	11	11	10	15	12	10	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	2

	Tuesday 24							Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	11	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	218	525	545	593	648	977	1331	1546	2219	3346	1280	1486	1613	2119	1025	1311	1360	1008	899	778	630	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass
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)		4:36AM 1.90				5:21PM 1.81				5:55AM 1.74				5:58PM 2.31				6:28AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)				10:51AM 0.49				11:36PM 0.61				11:37AM 0.86				12:07AM 0.71				12:37PM 0.74	1:07PM 1.18
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	1	4	5
Temp. °C	13	15	15	18	20	17	17	17	16	16	18	20	20	19	16	16	15	15	16	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	18	20	17	17	17	16	16	18	20	20	19	16	16	14	14	16	18	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	11	9	9	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 N	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	16	5	11	19	18	18	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Tuesday 24
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fox River 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	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	8	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	269	233	288	369	305	757	843	861	868	814	404	332	378	663	496	550	565	557	523	534	458	452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:36AM 1.90												4:35PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	19	19	20	19	17	19	17	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	13	15	15	15	15	16	17	19	19	20	19	17	19	17	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	7	8	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	4	16	16	19	15	20	11	20	19	19	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	8	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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