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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 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	0	5	6	0	4	0	0	5	4	0	4	4	4	0	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	-	2.4 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	-	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	-	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	22	8	13	-	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	-	14	14	-	13
Energy(?)	1488	1403	4872	0	2935	1596	1827	3882	2742	2232	1449	1495	1887	1429	6918	5422	3753	0	2436	1508	0	3939
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:04PM 2.45	9:03AM 2.05		9:09PM 2.96	9:33AM 2.92		9:49PM 2.57	10:29AM 2.22		10:20PM 2.71	10:50AM 3.08		11:05PM 3.16	11:04AM 2.94		11:38PM 3.17	11:55AM 3.16		12:46AM 1.97	12:20PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)		1:58PM 1.26	2:20AM 0.58		3:31PM 0.63	3:22AM 1.04		4:18PM 0.55		4:19AM 0.31	4:35PM 0.34		4:42AM 0.88	4:59PM 0.86		4:56AM 0.25	5:32PM 0.82		5:48AM 0.82	5:56PM 0.28		6:14AM 0.29
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	19	10	-	-	-	2	1	16	6	3	-	4	-	29	13
High °C	13	12	10	16	12	10	15	14	12	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	10	15	15	16	11
Low °C	13	12	9	12	12	8	13	13	9	12	11	9	11	12	11	12	12	9	13	15	14	11
Chill °C (?)	11	10	8	16	11	10	13	12	12	11	10	9	11	10	10	12	12	8	13	14	15	9
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.4 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 NW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.5 W	-	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	-	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	22	20	13	-	16	16	15	15	10	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	-	14	14	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	1.4 NW	-	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	18	-	19	-	-	19	18	18	16	11	10	9	9	8	-	15	15	-	14	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	1.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	9	5	5	9	6	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.8 W	2.3 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	22	21	11	-	14	14	14	16	17	-	-	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	9	14	15	16
Energy(?)	1488	1022	2182	0	8950	3447	3518	9075	7019	0	0	3529	1977	1596	1589	1877	1827	2150	2097	4452	5610	4188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:38AM 2.31				8:49PM 1.78				8:46AM 2.35				9:09PM 2.96				9:33AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)			1:43PM 0.71				2:31AM 1.13				3:09PM 0.52				3:22AM 1.04				3:43PM 1.03
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	12	-	9
Temp. °C	13	13	13	14	8	10	10	8	11	16	16	12	10	8	8	9	13	15	13	13	10	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	14	6	10	10	6	11	16	15	12	10	6	5	7	11	13	10	10	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	22	21	20	-	14	14	14	16	17	-	-	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	9	14	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	2.5 NW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	18	-	-	-	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	15	17	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.2 NNW	1.4 N	2.0 N	1.3 N	-	-
Period (s)	10	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	6	6	6	-	-

	Thursday 16																Friday 17
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	9	5	5	9	6	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.8 W	1.0 W	-	4.0 WSW	0.8 W	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	22	9	22	-	12	21	7	13	12	-	-	11	9	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	17	14
Energy(?)	1421	1010	1488	0	5725	1022	1090	6574	2853	0	0	2625	1644	3855	2822	2726	3102	3447	3278	4230	10831	5836
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:38AM 2.31													8:14PM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)							1:58PM 1.26	2:33PM 0.70												2:20AM 0.58	3:06AM 0.62
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	14	11	13	13	11	13	15	15	12	11	11	10	8	10	10	9	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	12	8	11	11	8	11	15	15	9	9	10	9	7	10	10	9	8	6	8
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	-	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.2 W	0.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	22	22	-	20	21	20	20	20	-	-	20	20	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	17	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	-	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	22	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	20	19	18	18	18	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 W	1.7 W	-	4.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	10	-	12	7	7	13	12	-	-	11	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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