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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 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Punakaiki 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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Tauranga Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	7	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	8	10	13	14	9	10	10	13	10	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	12	11
Energy(?)	1641	701	905	1250	1812	2130	2594	2779	1346	2448	2646	6552	2354	1119	1174	412	276	1028	1987	1356	1832	1455
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:03AM 2.68		8:05PM 2.57	8:30AM 2.62		9:07PM 2.55	9:48AM 2.02		9:54PM 3.20	10:19AM 3.21		10:32PM 3.37	10:57AM 3.34		11:11PM 3.49	11:35AM 3.41		11:43PM 3.18		12:40PM 2.26	12:51AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)	1:52AM 1.25		1:59PM 0.75	2:17AM 0.65		3:16PM 0.42		3:37AM 0.30	3:57PM 0.27		4:07AM 0.64	4:25PM 0.62		4:45AM 0.47	5:02PM 0.49		5:24AM 0.38	5:41PM 0.43		6:29AM -0.01		6:39PM -0.03
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	11	6	9	4	4	1	5	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	9
High °C	10	12	13	14	14	13	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	12	11	10	10	9	10	13	12	9
Low °C	9	10	13	13	14	10	6	9	10	9	11	10	9	9	11	8	8	9	9	12	11	8
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	12	12	10	5	6	7	7	7	6	7	12	10	10	9	7	10	12	10	7
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 NNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	2.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	8	13	14	8	-	-	-	10	10	13	12	12	12	11	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.4 NNW	1.1 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.7 WSW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	8	8	-	-	-	-	13	13	8	8	8	23	22	14	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	-	-	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	8	10	-	-	9	10	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Okarito 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 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	-
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	-
Energy(?)	1371	1208	1460	1200	1046	674	802	1127	1178	1250	1351	990	1812	1983	2130	2013	1952	1864	1787	2308	2618	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:35PM 2.61				7:39AM 2.42				8:40PM 1.83				8:54AM 2.86					9:14PM 3.00				9:48AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)			1:36AM 0.81				2:08PM 0.73				2:43AM 1.06					3:06PM 0.99				3:52AM 0.35
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	3	4	3	3	3	6	4	3	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	10	9	10	10	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	10	11	10	10	6	7	8
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	8	9	8	12	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	7	8	7	7	3	5	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 NNW	1.4 W	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	-	13	14	8	13	8	8	9	14	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.4 NNW	1.2 NW	0.7 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	14	14	8	9	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	1.7 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Okarito 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 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	-
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	-
Energy(?)	1712	1526	1989	1860	1835	801	1241	691	682	944	813	813	790	682	668	672	608	529	919	1017	1096	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:35PM 2.61													8:03AM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)									2:02AM 0.62												2:44PM 0.60
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	13	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	12	9	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	-
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	4	4	-

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