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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 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	3	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	14
Energy(?)	1168	1340	1834	2008	673	1965	1281	965	604	1216	547	538	1807	1647	1401	1956	950	687
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:23PM	7:49AM		8:52PM	9:12AM		9:33PM	9:03AM		10:08PM	10:23AM		10:41PM 8:03PM	10:55AM		10:33PM
Low Tide / height (m)		1:12PM	1:38AM		2:02PM		3:04AM	3:24PM 1:52PM			3:16PM		4:17AM	4:33PM		4:49AM	5:05PM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	12	13	14	13	13	15	11	14	15	14	15	16	13	12	15	12
Low °C	12	14	12	12	14	12	13	13	9	12	14	13	12	14	10	11	13	10
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	14	11	13	14	13	15	15	12	12	14	10
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.8 SW	0.3 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	19	18	17	16	16	13	12	13	7	7	12	12	18	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1168	1396	1340	1154	1003	1834	1834	1834	2008	663	673	2369	2221	1965	1631	1420	1281	816
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:01AM 2.68				7:23PM 2.49				8:29AM 1.72				8:52PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			1:12PM 1.01				2:18AM 0.73				1:57PM 0.68					3:04AM 0.65
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	12	12	13	12	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	13	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	13	12	12	13	14
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	19	13	18	18	-	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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