Beatons surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 03 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Beatons surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Beatons sea temperature is
11.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Beatons today?

The current surf forecast for Beatons at 9PM is: 0.7m 21s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)--
Afternoon (03 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)22s
Evening (03 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)21s

Table - waves today at Beatons. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)222221202019181817161616161818171616161515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)183263382609117112219751186126510681184101681725035885604149814451376429832261177615381061
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
NW
5
W
0
NNW
10
SSW
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglassglassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
1.83
10:36AM
1.90
10:48PM
1.99
11:19AM
2.04
11:32PM
2.15
12:00PM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
0.59
4:24AM
0.37
4:45PM
0.42
5:08AM
0.20
5:27PM
0.25
5:51AM
0.06
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------7:16-------7:13-------7:11-
Sunset-7:59-------8:00-------8:00------
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131210101010101111101099888997545914
Feels °C (?)10119999886542223245520149
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Southland

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Beatons (light winds from the S at InvercargillAeroAws 45 km from Beatons). 0.5m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.3m 21s long period groundswell from the WSW and a 0.3m 3s local chop from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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45 km away, 2 h 36 min ago

19 km/h
S
0.0
11.4
Air / Water (°C)
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