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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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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	8	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 NW
Period(s)	16	9	11	16	16	15	14	14	17	16	16	14	15	18	16	16	15	13	13	13	15	8
Energy	4597	1830	4358	4581	3364	4165	1402	1428	3503	1003	1358	1042	3303	7617	3776	1272	1311	1398	826	702	1431	1001
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:23PM 2.71		4:34AM 2.42	5:00PM 2.50		5:47AM 2.84		6:57PM 1.73	6:46AM 2.94		7:15PM 2.75	8:17AM 1.91		8:50PM 1.91	8:38AM 3.21		9:44PM 2.01	9:28AM 2.91		10:37PM 2.11	10:54AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)	10:10AM 1.10		10:33PM 1.15	10:56AM 0.58		11:21PM 0.66			1:08AM 0.55		12:58PM 0.57	1:25AM 0.59		2:35PM 0.40			2:46PM 0.23		3:14AM 0.17	3:40PM 0.15		4:39AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	13	11	10	13	10	10	12	9	10	13	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	12
Low °C	13	12	7	9	9	9	8	12	9	8	12	11	11	12	12	10	12	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	8	10	13	9	9	11	8	10	12	10	10	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	11
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	11	11	11	15	14	14	17	16	16	14	15	18	16	16	15	13	13	13	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	-	0.1 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 WSW	0.3 NW	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	16	16	16	10	-	21	17	-	-	18	21	18	8	8	8	20	6	18	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	1.2 NE	-	-	1.3 NE	2.4 NW
Period (s)	16	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	5	8

	Monday 08	Tuesday 09	Wednesday 10	Thu
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	7	5	8	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	9	16	10	11	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	17
Energy	4597	5332	1830	5176	3393	4358	5602	6002	4581	7275	3364	5437	4707	4165	3286	1203	1402	1212	1428	1230	1027	3503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:20PM 2.25				4:45AM 2.31				5:57PM 1.69				5:47AM 2.84					6:11PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		10:10AM 1.10				10:33PM 1.15				11:43AM 0.56				11:21PM 0.66	12:08AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	7	9	10	13	12	11	10	10	8	8	10	12	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	10	8	10	8	6	8	9	13	11	10	9	9	6	6	9	11	11	10	8
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	-	16	-	11	11	16	11	15	11	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	2.3 WSW	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	1.5 W	-	1.2 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	-	16	-	16	-	-	10	-	9	-	-	21	20	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08	Tuesday 09
	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	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	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	2	0	5	6	7	5	8	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	10	16	11	11	11	11	16	16
Energy	2779	4635	4597	4849	5104	5332	5332	1830	1830	6734	5176	5176	5317	5773	3393	7675	8323	4358	4157	11609	5602	6001
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:20PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)					10:10AM 1.10												10:28PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	10	9	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	10	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	17	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	16	16	-	-	16	11	11	12	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	16	16	16	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	16	10	10	10	10	10	16	11	-	-	11	-	-