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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 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	3	0	2	0	0	4	3	0	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	3	1	4	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	1.1 NW	0.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	6	7	13	13	12	12	11	13	11	13	12	12	6	11	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1047	455	511	312	489	2168	551	450	816	445	186	311	138	101	72	235	55	522	182	428	751	514
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:17AM 2.14	6:01PM 2.59		6:30AM 2.19		7:09PM 2.68	7:45AM 2.69		8:02PM 2.66	8:19AM 2.68		8:58PM 3.03	9:28AM 3.05		9:45PM 3.23	10:49AM 2.01		11:06PM 2.13	10:51AM 3.06		11:20PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)	11:16PM 1.27	11:30AM 0.90		12:27AM 1.19	12:38PM 0.82		1:30AM 1.04		1:51PM 0.73	2:20AM 0.52		3:24PM 0.44	3:14AM 0.65		3:36PM 0.67		4:36AM 0.19	4:56PM 0.21		4:39AM -0.06	4:50PM -0.05
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	1	14
High °C	11	11	13	11	12	11	10	11	10	9	12	14	11	14	14	12	11	11	13	16	14	15
Low °C	9	9	12	10	11	10	6	10	10	7	11	13	9	12	13	10	10	11	12	15	13	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	10	10	8	9	10	8	7	12	12	11	14	14	11	11	10	13	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.1 NW	0.4 WNW	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	20	13	12	12	11	13	11	13	12	7	6	5	6	5	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	15	8	8	8	15	15	7	14	8	18	12	15	11	13	13	6	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 30								Friday 31								Saturday 01
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Tauranga Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	7	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1040	1047	671	559	632	332	470	495	481	485	421	2051	489	464	436	438	1677	1476	1257	707	610	715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:34AM 2.54				6:01PM 2.59									7:44PM 1.65				7:23AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)		11:02PM 0.86				11:39AM 0.88				12:22AM 0.89				12:55PM 1.19					2:05AM 0.56
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	8	7	10	11	12	12	11	10	9	10	11	12	13	12	9	8	7	9	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	6	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	11	10	7	7	6	7	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	13	13	15	10	14	12	13	11	18	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.8 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 NNW	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	16	16	8	8	21	15	8	15	8	8	7	18	18	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	12	7	8	8	8	12	12	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29				Thursday 30
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Tauranga Bay 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1177	1328	1040	1042	1160	778	828	748	888	879	802	900	546	517	455	454	949	948	974	510	458	971
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:04AM 2.28	6:09AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)					11:02PM 0.86													12:20PM 0.72
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	9	9	10	10	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	7	9	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	8	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	1.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	11

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