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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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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay 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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	0	2	0	6	9	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	5	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	2.2 NNW	4.0 NW	3.5 N	3.0 NNW	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	-	5.0 WSW	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	11	7	10	11	11	15	13	13	12	13	13	13	15	13	13	-	12	12
Energy(?)	2637	2246	1256	657	494	575	3656	5382	3213	3099	2206	1542	1048	2460	1131	1646	1413	1688	905	0	7994	3327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:45PM 2.03	9:43AM 3.07		9:59PM 3.20	10:19AM 3.14		10:35PM 3.24	10:53AM 3.17		11:08PM 3.24	11:06AM 3.02		11:31PM 2.86	11:55AM 3.14		12:11AM 3.12		12:51PM 2.00	12:44AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)		3:10PM 0.97		3:32AM 0.85	3:51PM 0.84		4:10AM 0.76	4:05PM 0.25		4:45AM 0.70	5:01PM 0.70		5:00AM 0.15	5:14PM 0.21		5:50AM 0.70		6:04PM 0.74	6:25AM 0.29		6:39PM 0.35	7:29AM 0.44
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	28	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	9	1	-	3	3
High °C	8	12	9	11	12	12	13	11	10	14	13	10	15	11	10	14	13	11	12	13	8	11
Low °C	5	11	8	9	11	10	11	11	8	12	12	7	13	11	8	13	12	9	12	10	7	10
Chill °C (?)	8	11	7	9	11	9	10	9	10	14	12	10	15	10	10	14	13	9	12	13	5	8
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	3.5 N	3.0 NNW	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	0.7 N	-	0.4 NNE	3.5 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	11	9	13	11	11	15	13	13	12	13	13	13	15	13	8	-	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 NW	0.3 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.3 NW	1.8 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.4 NW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	1.2 NNE	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	-	-	13	8	11	-	14	13	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	-	-	22	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NNW	4.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	-	5.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	13	-	12	-

	Friday 19					Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Little Wanganui 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	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	5.5 NNW	5.5 NW	4.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	10	12	6	8	9	10	12	12	11	11	15
Energy(?)	3052	2453	1860	1764	1530	1256	1036	1002	657	580	365	246	328	313	1007	2904	5895	7981	5431	3647	4097	8686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- 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	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:00AM 2.97					9:20PM 3.12				9:43AM 3.07				9:38PM 3.00				10:19AM 3.14				11:10PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)				3:10PM 0.97				3:11AM 0.34				3:51PM 0.84				4:10AM 0.76				4:52PM 0.27
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	19	-	2	-	1
Temp. °C	7	11	9	11	9	8	8	7	9	11	12	11	9	9	12	12	13	11	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	4	10	9	10	7	6	7	5	7	9	10	9	7	7	8	9	10	8	12	11	10	10
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	-	-	4.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	10	12	9	13	12	-	-	12	11	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WSW	3.0 N
Period (s)	-	10	9	10	-	-	9	-	13	8	8	8	18	18	16	15	-	-	14	10	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	1.1 N	1.1 NNW	1.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	5.5 NNW	5.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	8	9	10	12	-	-	-	-

	Friday 19																	Saturday 20
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater 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	Little Wanganui 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	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	3302	3251	2637	2849	2660	2453	2450	2702	2246	2083	1911	1764	2038	1884	1684	1401	1401	1256	1160	1000	1440	959
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																9:20PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)										3:10PM 0.97
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	5	8	9	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	6	9	8
Chill °C (?)	2	2	3	5	7	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	4	7	6
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 NW	-	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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