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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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	Wed		Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	4	5	4	5	5	6	7	6	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	16	17	16	16	15	18	17	17	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1310	534	2937	569	1294	1093	3682	5169	3908	2072	1609	1002	630	336	242	247	231	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:32PM	11:55AM		12:18AM		12:44PM	12:54AM		1:34PM	1:06AM 10:50PM		1:34PM	1:55AM		3:18PM		3:36AM
Low Tide / height (m)	5:21PM		5:42AM	5:14PM	6:07PM	6:29AM 5:21PM		6:44PM	6:37AM		6:56PM	7:25AM		7:44PM	8:16AM		9:24PM	9:59AM 5:42AM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	8	12	9	12	10	9	10	12	9	10	13	12	13	11	10	11
Low °C	11	8	5	10	7	8	10	8	8	11	8	9	12	12	12	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	11	8	7	11	6	10	10	8	10	12	8	9	13	12	13	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35
Sunset	5:36	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.2 WSW	2.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	16	10	16	16	7	18	17	17	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.2 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 W	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	11	17	-	-	15	24	22	17	19	-	4	15	5	20	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09								Friday 10
	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	4	5	4	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	14	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15
Energy(?)	1310	722	1060	534	3074	3243	2937	665	569	2692	1410	1294	1136	1121	1093	1426	3682	1647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:40PM 3.27				11:45AM 2.24				11:34PM 3.03					12:44PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		5:21PM 0.15				5:42AM 0.16								5:49AM 0.05
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	8	8	5	5	5	9	12	8	9	9	8	7	8	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	11	5	6	1	2	2	9	11	6	6	7	6	5	6	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	14	10	14	17	17	16	17	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	7	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.1 N	1.2 SW	-	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	14	-	17	17	11	11	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	14	7	4	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	15	8

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