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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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	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Rapahoe/Chimney Pots West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.3 N	2.5 N	1.6 N	1.8 N	2.0 NNE	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.8 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 W	1.4 W	2.3 NW	1.8 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	14	14	14	10	15	9	12	12	12	10	9	9
Energy(?)	413	1003	1026	1420	1657	590	713	1336	476	538	726	1083	482	986	880	296	876	1316	576	1147	763	1172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:50PM 2.79	1:20AM 2.89		2:22PM 1.72	2:36AM 1.70		3:00PM 1.68		3:27AM 1.61	4:11PM 1.55		4:00AM 2.51	5:23PM 1.51		5:18AM 2.49	5:57PM 2.01		6:30AM 2.57		7:38PM 1.60	8:03AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			7:16PM 0.97	7:58AM 0.48		8:31PM 0.60	8:52AM 0.64		9:18PM 0.69	9:49AM 0.72		9:44PM 1.34	10:28AM 1.35		10:59PM 1.37	11:44AM 1.32		12:14AM 1.30		1:00PM 0.58	1:52AM 0.64
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	20	1	16	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	17	17	18	18	16	16	16	17	17	15	13	17	13	13	17	15	14	18	17	16	15
Low °C	14	16	15	17	15	14	15	15	16	16	15	11	14	13	12	14	14	13	12	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	18	18	16	16	15	17	17	15	12	17	13	12	17	14	14	18	16	16	15
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.3 N	2.5 N	1.6 N	1.8 N	2.0 NNE	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.8 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 W	1.4 W	2.3 NW	1.8 W	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	14	10	15	9	12	12	12	10	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 W	0.9 NNE	1.0 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	14	14	13	8	13	12	14	14	7	14	9	13	12	13	12	13	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	2.5 W
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	9

	Monday 06					Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Rapahoe/Chimney Pots West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 N	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.8 N	2.3 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	1.8 N	1.6 N	2.5 NNE	1.9 N	2.1 N	1.8 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.3 N	1.6 NW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	14
Energy(?)	642	507	343	552	1071	1026	1226	675	1420	1652	1657	635	532	1565	823	972	713	568	504	554	803	1003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:07PM 2.92				1:55AM 1.79				2:22PM 1.72				2:01AM 2.75				2:35PM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)	6:56AM 0.42				7:51PM 0.51				8:08AM 0.55				7:56PM 1.11				8:28AM 0.70					9:18PM 0.69
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	7	6	1	-	1	1	2	4	1
Temp. °C	15	21	21	16	16	15	16	17	17	18	18	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	21	21	16	15	14	15	17	17	18	18	13	13	13	14	15	16	14	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 N	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.8 N	2.3 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	1.8 N	1.6 N	2.5 NNE	1.9 N	2.1 N	1.8 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 N	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	13	13	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 W	0.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	6	7	8	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 N	1.5 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	-	-	-

	Monday 06																	Tuesday 07
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Rapahoe/Chimney Pots West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 N	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.1 NNE	0.7 WSW	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.5 N	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	12	12	9	12	8	9	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	651	673	413	396	982	921	985	442	1003	1007	1039	284	263	1107	292	323	360	326	326	461	1226	1308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								1:32PM 1.89												1:30AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	6:56AM 0.42													7:51PM 0.51
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	17	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	19	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	18	16	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	17	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	19	17	16	14	14	14	14	14	18	15	16
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 N	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.3 N	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.8 N	0.9 N	2.1 NNE	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.5 N	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE
Period (s)	13	13	13	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	7	7	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-

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