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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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	Sun		Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker 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	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	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	8	-	11	12	14	-	13
Energy(?)	1512	686	655	305	232	318	265	324	171	325	133	119	163	131	71	61	0	1226	1627	1789	0	681
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			5:01AM 1.68	5:33PM 1.65		5:08AM 2.21	5:58PM 2.39		6:22AM 2.06		7:12PM 2.57	7:45AM 2.57		8:08PM 2.10	8:51AM 2.67		9:52PM 1.69	10:20AM 1.75		10:42PM 1.78	11:04AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		10:13PM 0.84	11:15AM 0.70		11:43PM 0.74	11:26AM 0.90		12:06AM 1.15	12:43PM 0.96	1:28PM 0.84	1:25AM 1.47		2:05PM 1.45	2:21AM 0.95		3:42PM 0.78		4:10AM 0.74	4:33PM 0.69		4:56AM 0.64	5:15PM 0.58
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	17	14	13	16	17	19	17	16	21	19	17	20	20	16	16	16	15	20	17
Low °C	15	13	16	16	12	12	14	16	16	17	15	19	19	14	17	17	13	16	16	13	16	17
Chill °C (?)	14	15	17	17	14	12	16	17	19	17	16	21	19	17	20	20	16	14	15	13	20	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	9:05	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 W	-	2.1 W	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	-	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	11	11	11	7	11	7	7	7	11	13	4	8	-	11	15	10	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	1.6 WSW	-	1.1 W
Period (s)	14	6	7	6	7	6	5	11	15	11	11	11	7	6	13	12	-	17	8	14	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 ENE	2.3 N	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	7	-	-	12	-	-	-

	Sunday 08			Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	910	864	1283	1154	1001	627	538	525	558	521	228	232	200	222	139	254	265	263	278	324	358	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	3:52PM 2.45					4:17AM 2.35				5:33PM 1.65				5:08AM 2.21				6:38PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				10:53PM 0.63				10:35AM 0.95				11:08PM 1.31				12:16PM 0.79				12:46AM 0.82
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	17	18	13	11	11	14	16	17	17	13	14	12	12	14	15	13	14	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	18	12	10	10	13	16	16	17	13	14	12	11	14	15	12	14	16	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 NW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	7	6	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	3	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	3	3

	Sunday 08										Monday 09
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shingles 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Woodpecker 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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	833	934	1512	1512	1159	864	846	820	1029	1283	569	560	559	647	546	910	894	809	809	755	678	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)				4:40PM 1.74													5:01AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)										10:53PM 0.63
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	15	15	15	17	17	16	15	12	14	14	13	14	13	10	10	10	11	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	17	14	14	14	16	17	16	14	11	14	14	13	13	13	9	9	9	10	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.3 NW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	7	7	12	13	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	6	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	13	13	5	6	6	6	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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