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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 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			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	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1208	1232	3813	3092	1773	1560	742	519	907	1019	938	885	2033	2379	1672	1327	586	1080
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:35PM		6:02AM		6:46PM	7:10AM 5:40PM	6:15PM	8:19PM	8:40AM		8:32PM	8:52AM		9:21PM	10:20AM		10:05PM	10:34AM
Low Tide / height (m)		11:48PM		12:31PM	12:58AM		2:05PM	2:30AM		2:58PM	2:39AM	11:39PM	3:07PM		4:09AM	4:35PM		4:22AM
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	13	9	10	10	11	12
Low °C	12	11	9	11	11	11	13	12	11	12	10	9	13	8	8	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	11	9	11	12	7	10	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46
Sunset	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.1 N	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	10	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	1.0 SW	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	18	-	16	16	15	15	4	4	6	5	21	13	14	13	18	18	17	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	14	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02			Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1208	1090	1184	1232	1257	1138	3813	3319	3092	2930	1800	1773	1538	1374	1560	1388	742	904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:35PM 2.55					6:42AM 1.77				6:39PM 2.45				7:45AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)				11:53PM 1.11					1:06PM 0.48				12:45AM 0.52				1:20PM 0.31
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	10	12	11	10	10	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	18	14	14	-	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	4	5	15	15	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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