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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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	Tue		Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	0	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	0	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	9	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	3350	1681	770	586	799	1898	1281	1286	1408	911	1046	1427	1065	1001	621	1426	1301	550	573	573	299	290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:15PM 2.79	11:20AM 2.02		11:02PM 2.65	12:04PM 1.96		11:48PM 3.14	12:03PM 3.16		12:58AM 1.95	12:38PM 3.13	1:13PM 1.95	1:00AM 3.08	12:59PM 2.81	1:09PM 2.63	1:29AM 2.53		1:49PM 2.55	2:20AM 2.93		2:29PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)			5:12AM 0.49	4:55PM 0.42		5:58AM 0.54	6:14PM 0.54		5:58AM 1.02	6:48PM 0.54		6:33AM 1.04			6:50AM 0.48		7:23PM 0.49	8:22AM 0.60		8:05PM 1.11	8:20AM 0.62
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	10	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	15	18	17	15	17	17	15	14	14	11	16	13	12	18	17
Low °C	16	14	16	15	15	16	16	14	18	16	14	16	15	13	14	13	10	15	13	12	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	16	16	15	17	14	18	17	14	17	17	14	13	12	9	15	12	11	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:36	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	2.5 N	2.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.3 NNW	2.2 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	10	9	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	13	8	7	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	11	10	10	13	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	9	8	8	11	12	7	7	12	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	6	6	-	-

	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 N	2.0 N	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	2153	1911	1982	1455	1153	1255	1179	636	586	3370	4001	1371	3287	1609	1692	1610	1585	2165	1629	1025	1224	1115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:26PM 2.61				10:55AM 3.10				11:12PM 3.12				11:20AM 2.69				11:48PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)						5:22AM 0.55				5:40PM 0.54				5:23AM 1.02				6:14PM 0.54				5:48AM 0.40
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	2	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	15	17	17	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	14	15	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	17	17	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	16	15	13	14	14	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 N	2.0 N	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.5 N	1.3 N	1.2 NNW	1.1 N	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 18										Wednesday 19
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga 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	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	4.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.3 N	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2229	2191	3812	3350	5985	2835	2637	2705	2503	2037	1832	1752	1528	1402	941	1030	967	1255	872	835	700	660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross	glass	off	glass	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)											11:11PM 1.92											10:46AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)																4:36AM 0.41
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	3	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	14	14	16	14	16	16	17	16	14	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	16	16	17	16	14	16	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	4.0 NNW	0.3 WSW	3.5 NNW	3.5 N	3.5 N	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.3 N	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	12	12	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	11	11	11	-	-	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	-	-	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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