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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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	Thu		Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach 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	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	0	4	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	3	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	14	11	11	14	14	12	9	16	16	14	14	14	12	11
Energy(?)	1500	1064	978	1571	667	685	717	412	270	268	173	205	286	1710	1545	7701	3735	2250	2031	1733	798	853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	off	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			5:59AM 1.76	5:51PM 2.88		6:12AM 2.29	6:50PM 2.82		7:12AM 2.28		8:12PM 1.81	8:08AM 2.29		8:27PM 2.33	9:03AM 2.29		9:51PM 1.88	9:39AM 2.44		9:59PM 2.44	11:06AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 0.53	12:09PM 0.69		12:09AM 1.22	12:20PM 0.74		12:54AM 0.69		1:49PM 0.65	2:25AM 0.69		2:27PM 1.32	2:39AM 0.68		3:42PM 0.68			3:50PM 0.63		4:57AM 0.68	5:17PM 0.66
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	10	45	1	7	-	-	4	-	-
High °C	16	13	15	15	13	17	16	14	17	17	16	19	19	17	16	15	14	16	18	14	17	16
Low °C	15	10	15	15	12	17	15	12	16	17	13	18	17	16	15	15	13	13	18	12	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	12	14	14	13	16	16	14	16	17	16	19	19	16	16	13	12	16	18	14	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	9:04	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	-	2.4 WNW	4.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	-	9	16	16	14	14	14	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.9 WSW	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 N	-	0.4 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.2 N	0.7 N	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 N	0.9 NE
Period (s)	12	15	6	16	13	15	14	14	14	14	13	10	13	-	12	8	7	7	7	7	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.3 N	0.6 N	1.0 NNW	2.5 NW	1.8 N	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	4	4	5	12	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Charleston 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	-	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1641	2220	2159	1064	1280	1317	762	1228	1256	0	1113	1727	1107	1089	560	601	534	628	589	506	627	570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						5:12AM 2.36				6:03PM 2.04				6:12AM 2.29				6:36PM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)				11:12PM 1.12				11:20AM 0.66				11:58PM 0.63				12:58PM 0.69				12:54AM 0.69	1:40AM 0.72
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	12	12	10	12	14	15	15	19	14	13	11	14	16	17	15	16	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	10	11	9	11	14	13	13	19	14	13	10	13	16	16	14	16	15	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	1.8 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	16	-	9	12	12	12	9	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 W	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.1 W	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	14	14	12	15	16	16	7	16	-	-	12	15	15	15	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	4	4

	Thursday 11										Friday 12
	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	Charleston 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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Lake Pukaki Point Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay 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
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1715	2035	2673	1478	1471	1922	1644	1698	1698	0	1167	1901	1196	1349	892	1067	945	1317	1174	1112	2399	2527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:52PM 2.98													5:49AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)											11:37PM 0.55
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	14	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	11	12	11	13	12	9	9	12	13	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	10	10	10	11	10	8	8	11	12	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.3 NNW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	-	15	16	15	6	6	15	15	16	16	6	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13

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