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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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			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	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	Woodpecker 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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
Rating	4	4	0	0	5	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	2.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.4 W	2.3 WNW
Period(s)	13	13	16	9	17	14	14	13	12	8	12	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	8	12	8	9
Energy	1190	1092	575	1188	6879	5205	1980	1380	1118	1351	4545	3658	1507	1135	1165	1292	587	544	1125	402	420	994
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:28AM 2.91		10:02PM 3.36	10:29AM 3.42		11:30PM 2.17	11:26AM 3.45		11:43PM 3.38		12:56PM 2.15	1:16AM 2.19		1:15PM 3.36	1:34AM 3.41		2:08PM 3.24	2:16AM 2.86	3:03AM 2.05	2:48PM 2.63	2:59AM 2.90	3:23AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		3:30PM 0.13		4:14AM 0.57	4:41PM 0.11		5:08AM 0.52	5:36PM 0.61		6:02AM 0.52		7:04PM 0.30	6:57AM 0.59		7:22PM 0.73	8:27AM 0.33		8:02PM 0.26	9:23AM 0.43		8:44PM 0.38	9:43AM 0.99
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	14	10	3	-	-	-	1	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	1	1	19
High °C	14	14	16	13	12	11	10	11	11	9	11	6	9	10	6	9	10	12	12	13	14	15
Low °C	14	14	14	11	12	9	8	10	9	8	8	6	4	8	6	9	10	11	12	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	11	11	10	10	11	8	7	10	3	9	10	4	8	10	12	10	12	14	14
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	0.1 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 W	1.4 W	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	16	9	17	14	14	13	12	22	12	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	19	12	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.1 N	1.1 SW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	-	14	17	9	-	-	-	-	20	18	16	15	12	13	12	21	13	19	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Larsen Street 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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Shingles West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	5	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	16	13	16	15	15	9	14	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy	1190	1168	1092	681	783	575	656	862	1188	3106	6879	6560	5484	5205	3071	3574	1980	1608	1380	1087	1556	1118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:28AM 2.91				10:02PM 3.36				10:30AM 2.90				11:30PM 2.17				11:26AM 3.45				11:43PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)				3:49PM 0.65				4:14AM 0.57				5:18PM 0.28				5:43AM 0.21				5:36PM 0.61
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	2	4	4	4	4	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	9	8	10	11	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	12	11	10	11	12	10	9	10	7	6	10	11	10	10	7
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	15	9	14	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	-	-	-	1.0 W	0.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	18	18	6	6	-	-	-	14	20	17	8	8	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14																	Monday 15
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Larsen Street 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	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 Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	5	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	1162	1284	1190	1189	1177	1168	1162	1092	1092	1066	681	681	681	1398	783	860	743	575	605	639	656	711
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				9:28AM 2.91												9:44PM 3.16	10:02PM 3.36
Low Tide / height (m)										3:44PM 0.31
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	1	1	2	2
High °C	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	16	16	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	13	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	6	6	6	6	6	16	16	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	7	7

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