West Coast South Island Surf

West Coast South Island Surf Forecast

Detailed West Coast South Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in West Coast South Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in West Coast South Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in West Coast South Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from West Coast South Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: West Coast South Island Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, West Coast South Island Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, West Coast South Island Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, West Coast South Island Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: West Coast South Island Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: West Coast South Island Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, West Coast South Island Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, West Coast South Island Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, West Coast South Island Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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West Coast South Island Wavefinder

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	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	0	1	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NNE	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	2.5 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	12	11	10	9	10
Energy	1916	1925	1764	1782	1912	1802	1124	699	529	504	320	174	56	1049	589	627	665	1293	1035	683	428	375
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:36AM 3.13		10:35PM 2.83	10:53AM 2.78		11:13PM 2.84			12:29AM 2.03		12:28PM 3.05	12:41AM 3.06		1:07PM 2.97	1:21AM 2.53		1:52PM 2.34	2:05AM 2.91		2:40PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)		4:25PM 0.46		4:47AM 0.48	5:04PM 0.47		6:13AM 0.56	6:00PM 1.08	6:25PM 0.52	6:25AM 0.48		6:36PM 1.09	6:54AM 1.09		7:11PM 0.58	7:37AM 1.12		7:57PM 1.13	8:21AM 0.61		9:09PM 0.58	9:16AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	5	13	13	15	29	43	4	3	-	-	-	-	6	8	14	13	5	-	-	1	14	2
High °C	13	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	12	13	14	11	12	15	16	15	14	11	13	13	11	9
Low °C	12	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	10	11	12	10	11	13	14	15	13	9	12	12	6	8
Chill °C (?)	11	15	15	16	16	16	14	12	11	12	14	10	10	14	15	14	14	10	13	13	9	9
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:02	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58
Sunset	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NNE	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	8	11	9	9	9	12	11	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 N	0.6 N	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	1.6 N	1.3 N	0.4 W	1.0 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 N	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	10	9	11	11	12	10	9	10	10	12	8	8	15	8	19	19	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	0.3 N	1.3 N	2.5 NNW	-	-	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	3	6	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 31							Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.2 N
Period(s)	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy	545	967	1916	1607	1925	3105	2338	1764	1763	1650	1782	1753	1912	1215	2297	1802	1172	1339	1124	726	699	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
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	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:15AM 2.78				10:35PM 2.83				10:53AM 2.78				11:13PM 2.84				12:00PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		4:28AM 1.04				4:47PM 1.06				5:03AM 1.04				5:48PM 0.51					6:13AM 0.56			5:55PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	7	1	4	2	1	2	7	8	11	3	25	11	1	2	2	1	2	1
Temp. °C	13	13	12	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	13	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	16	16	16	14	16	16	15	13	14	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.3 WSW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.5 W
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	10	11	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW	1.2 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	-	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	10	9	9	9	11	8	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 W	-
Period (s)	2	2	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	7	7	-

	Sunday 31
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Westport 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 Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps 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
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy	396	513	545	637	831	967	1226	1559	1916	1916	1406	1607	1743	1888	1925	1925	3163	3105	2645	2419	2338	2414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											10:15AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)					4:28AM 1.04												4:47PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	-	-	1	1	1	2
High °C	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	14	14	15	13	14	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	3.5 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	13	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-