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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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	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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 Beach - The Channel 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	Woodpecker 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	Smoothwater 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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
Rating	1	2	3	3	3	2	1	4	4	3	4	2	2	5	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	18	16	16	15	14	13	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	14	13
Energy(?)	78	210	359	757	682	216	452	422	1749	525	1227	427	447	1929	937	2136	1270	938	488	792	1166	1279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:33PM 3.07	2:58AM 3.03	3:33AM 1.89	4:19PM 1.81		4:46AM 1.81	5:31PM 1.75		6:01AM 1.79		6:40PM 1.74	7:11AM 1.80		7:44PM 1.76	7:36AM 2.98		7:56PM 2.49	8:22AM 2.54		9:25PM 1.87	9:44AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			8:41PM 1.02	9:57AM 0.54		10:27PM 0.64	11:12AM 0.60		11:42PM 0.69		12:24PM 0.62	12:54AM 0.67		1:30PM 0.59	1:57AM 0.62		1:51PM 1.01	2:00AM 0.52		3:14PM 0.49		3:34AM 0.49
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	11	11	10	13	12	11	12	14	11	13	15	14	15	15	12	13	14	13	14
Low °C	8	11	9	9	11	9	11	12	11	10	13	10	11	15	12	14	13	11	12	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	11	11	10	13	11	10	12	13	10	13	14	14	14	15	12	13	13	11	14
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	0.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	16	12	12	14	13	16	15	14	13	12	18	13	14	14	12	12	16	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	6	18	11	16	15	13	20	5	6	10	7	20	10	14	14	14	18	13	24	22	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	6	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat
	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	Smoothwater 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	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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	18	18	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	18	17	16
Energy(?)	274	99	97	308	309	359	473	545	757	646	682	549	606	597	515	213	207	261	307	707	1074	1749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	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	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:33PM 3.07	3:08PM 1.91				3:33AM 1.89				4:19PM 1.81				4:11AM 2.92				5:31PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	8:46AM 0.43					9:16PM 0.54				9:57AM 0.54				10:27PM 0.64				10:18AM 0.56				11:42PM 0.69
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	12	14	11	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	12	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	5	11	14	10	9	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	9	9	7	8	12	12	12	10	11
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	16	16	12	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	6	7	7	20	19	18	18	17	11	12	16	12	11	11	6	15	13	-	13	18	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	2	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5

	Wednesday 22																	Thursday 23
	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	Smoothwater 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	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	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18
Energy(?)	356	80	78	232	217	207	205	207	210	210	308	308	307	310	309	84	84	126	163	404	473	495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										3:08PM 1.91												3:33AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)			8:11AM 0.84
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	7	10	8	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	4	4	6	8	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	4	4	9	6	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	20	20	19	19	19	7	7	7	7	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	2	3	-	-	-	-	-

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