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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	Sat		Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	0	0	3	0	4	3	0	2	2	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	4	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 W	0.3 SW	3.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	0.2 SSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	6	9	9	9	10	13	15
Energy(?)	553	2469	2027	2360	894	555	1692	785	261	570	475	680	306	220	102	229	25	1165	954	1436	16	1237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:30AM 1.94		2:33PM 1.88	3:10AM 1.88	4:30AM 2.18	3:13PM 1.82	3:52AM 1.82		4:01PM 1.79		4:37AM 1.76	6:15PM 2.03		6:48AM 2.06		7:11PM 2.04	6:23AM 1.71	6:38PM 1.73	7:48PM 1.82	8:27AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		8:18PM 0.37	8:38AM 0.53		8:57PM 0.42	10:43AM 0.77		9:38PM 0.47	10:00AM 0.63		10:23PM 0.51	10:46AM 0.66		12:45AM 0.69		1:08PM 0.76	1:40AM 0.67	12:35PM 0.66		2:12AM 0.52		2:43PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	11	12	12	10	11	9	8	15	15	13	17	17	15	17	17	14	14	15	13	12	14
Low °C	15	8	12	10	8	9	9	6	12	13	11	16	16	13	16	17	12	13	14	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	15	9	10	9	7	9	6	7	14	14	12	17	17	13	15	16	13	12	13	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	-	-	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.2 ESE	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.7 SW
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	6	10	9	-	10	10	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 S	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.7 E	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	6	9	9	-	-	-	12	12	13	8	10	15	6	-	7	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	1.1 E	0.3 N	3.0 NW	0.5 NE	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	3	3	6	3	8	3	6	9	9	9	-	-	-

	Saturday 22			Sunday 23								Monday 24								Tuesday 25
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	-	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2248	2415	2499	2469	2601	904	3071	2380	2360	1999	2631	2417	94	718	555	0	476	421	851	1243	1093	1005
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:30AM 1.94				2:38PM 1.91					4:30AM 2.18								5:04AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			8:18PM 0.37				8:31AM 0.52				8:57PM 0.42					10:43AM 0.77			9:38PM 0.47	10:43PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	10	10	9	8	8	9	11	11	10	8	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	7	7	6	11	9	9	7	7	6	5	6	7	10	9	8	7	8	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	12	13	13	-	-	-	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	9	9	13	-	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 22	Sunday 23
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	0.2 S	1.7 W	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	12	13	12	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2245	2283	2248	488	2415	1660	537	2587	2499	2329	2165	2008	28	1084	957	30	919	413	2647	12	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)															3:49AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)								8:18PM 0.37													9:43AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	16	13	13	14	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	14	10	10	12	9	9	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	5	7	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	13	13	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	-	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	-	12	12	12	12