Southland Surf

Detailed Southland surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Southland. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Southland. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Southland over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Southland and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Southland Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Southland Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Southland Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Southland Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Southland Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Southland Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Southland Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Southland Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Southland Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Southland 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 Southland Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Southland coastline are also listed below.

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	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	17	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	17	11	10	12	11	11	13	13	14	13
Energy	1114	913	532	725	1025	682	633	608	506	559	525	222	329	376	521	504	372	497	1094	3350	1862	1134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:08PM 2.32	12:25AM 2.28		1:00PM 2.32	1:16AM 2.27		1:55PM 2.26		3:38AM 2.47	4:17PM 2.48		3:03AM 2.11	3:53PM 2.07		4:10AM 2.05	4:56PM 1.97		5:15AM 1.96		6:01PM 1.90	6:22AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			6:20PM 0.12	6:44AM -0.04		7:12PM 0.16	7:38AM -0.02		9:37PM 0.41	10:04AM 0.28		10:34PM 0.46	9:28AM 0.13		11:33PM 0.51	10:36AM 0.23		11:06PM 0.44	11:41AM 0.31	12:45PM 0.29	12:12AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	8	9	8	9	10	10	12	12	12	14	15	14	15	17	14	13	12	11	11
Low °C	9	9	7	7	8	7	7	9	10	11	12	11	12	14	14	14	15	12	12	12	9	9
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	7	9	6	7	8	8	11	10	10	13	14	13	14	17	14	13	12	10	10
Sunrise	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12
Sunset	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	17	11	10	12	11	11	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.1 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.1 W	-	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	22	4	17	-	6	7	21	9	10	10	18	11	16	16	12	6	11	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 N	-	0.2 N	0.3 N	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 N	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	2	-	2	2	-	-	4	4	-	-

	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1114	904	913	732	619	532	588	798	725	1038	1025	707	691	682	685	708	633	731	608	553	510	506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:08PM 2.32				12:25AM 2.28				1:00PM 2.32				1:16AM 2.27				1:55PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)					6:20PM 0.12				6:44AM -0.04				7:12PM 0.16				7:38AM -0.02					9:37PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	9	9	7	7	6	5	7	9	8	6	5	5	5	4	7	7	8	8	8
Sunrise	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	22	22	4	4	18	17	17	-	-	6	6	6	7	7	7	21	21	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1292	1130	1114	930	917	904	904	913	913	888	742	732	711	636	619	616	567	532	532	657	588	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:08PM 2.32												12:25AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)													6:20PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	22	22	22	22	22	4	4	4	4	4	4	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-