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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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	Wed		Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	1	0	2	1	1	4	5	0	4	4	0	4	3	0	3	2	0	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.4 N	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	13	6	11	11	9	15	14	14	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	11	11	18
Energy(?)	294	129	112	185	183	251	1625	1462	960	1989	1817	1297	1568	775	504	750	384	199	288	255	222	487
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			8:20AM 1.58		8:53PM 1.62	9:26AM 1.65		9:17PM 2.74	9:45AM 2.82		10:07PM 2.88	10:21AM 2.50		10:31PM 2.70	10:50AM 2.86		11:24PM 2.99	11:27AM 3.02		12:40AM 2.03	12:53PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		12:56AM 1.04		2:40PM 0.83	3:12AM 0.82		3:07PM 1.36	3:35AM 1.31		3:58PM 1.23		4:10AM 0.65	4:40PM 1.07		4:38AM 0.49	5:18PM 0.91		5:16AM 0.32	5:54PM 0.76		6:46AM 0.36
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	21	21	19	19	16	13	16	17	14	17	17	14	19	18	16	18	18	16	17	17
Low °C	18	15	19	20	18	18	15	11	16	16	10	16	17	11	16	17	14	16	18	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	21	21	19	19	14	12	14	16	13	16	16	14	19	18	16	18	18	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	7	7	11	13	13	9	8	12	13	14	10	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.1 N	0.2 N	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	11	11	7	3	15	15	16	16	6	13	14	12	12	12	18	18	16	16	15	21	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	1.4 N	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.8 NNE	0.8 N	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	6	11	11	9	15	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	2	4	5	4	-

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	7	6	6	8	11	11	16
Energy(?)	121	152	285	266	285	298	112	120	108	99	136	290	96	115	140	239	197	147	552	1462	1887	3450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:36PM 2.21	7:47PM 1.58				7:45AM 2.57				8:18PM 2.63				8:30AM 2.33				9:17PM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)					2:00AM 0.85				2:05PM 1.45				2:37AM 1.43				3:02PM 1.08					4:10AM 0.74
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4	2	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	17	17	17	16	19	21	20	19	17	18	16	19	19	19	18	18	15	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	17	17	16	19	21	20	19	17	18	16	19	19	19	18	18	14	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.6 N	1.1 NW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	7	6	6	6	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	11	8	7	7	7	7	11	11	7	7	7	16	6	15	15	7	7	12	12	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	-	-	-	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	4	5	-	-	-	8	11	11	-

	Wednesday 11										Thursday 12
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14
Energy(?)	146	147	294	294	294	289	135	135	134	117	116	175	102	160	149	104	150	162	96	307	307	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							7:12PM 2.57												7:45AM 2.57	8:20AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)													1:25AM 1.47
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	11	7	11	11	7	11	11	7	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	12	7	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	7	7	11	7	7	11	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3

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