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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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	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	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
Rating	3	3	4	5	2	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.5 WNW	1.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	9	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1123	1169	911	4647	4646	6899	3224	2606	1428	1134	703	710	904	1214	1019	519	299	1649
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:10AM		12:06AM			12:14AM 11:20AM		1:11PM	1:28AM		1:23PM	1:43AM		2:11PM		3:07AM	3:14PM	11:36PM
Low Tide / height (m)				6:13AM		6:06PM	6:15AM		7:22PM	7:13AM		7:34PM 5:37PM	7:53AM		8:57PM	9:29AM		9:21PM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	10	4	4	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	14	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	15	12	12	12	13	15	15	14
Low °C	14	11	11	8	10	11	10	12	12	10	12	11	11	12	12	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	11	14	6	6	8	11	12	11	11	15	12	12	12	12	14	15	13
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	16	9	9	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	16	15	12	-	-	-	11	10	10	8	10	8	11	10	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	-	-	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	5	-	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	13

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Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	5	4	3	5	5	2	2	4	4	4	8	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	9	10	15	15	15	13	14	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1123	1592	1169	1390	2577	911	1907	3264	4647	3368	4646	6045	4998	6899	6452	5462	3224	3334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:59AM 2.00				11:39PM 2.76					12:03PM 2.65				12:50AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)				5:59PM 0.33					6:23AM 0.43				6:06PM 0.35				6:36AM 0.37
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	1	-	1	-	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	12	11	13	14	13	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	7	7	10	11
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	10	13	14	12	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	4	6	10	11
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	0.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	9	10	15	9	15	11	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 NNW	1.5 WSW	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	12	16	15	8	15	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	9	-	-	-	-	8	13	12	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

West Coast South Island Surf Breaks