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 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			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	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	0	0	4	5	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	14	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Energy	5951	5730	3740	2392	1453	913	886	1685	1380	1721	1931	1631	1393	1531	9157	6110	4481	1848	3794	1890	1336	429
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:01PM 1.90	7:51AM 2.24		8:23PM 2.21	7:26AM 1.87		9:19PM 2.22	8:25AM 1.86		8:53PM 1.86	9:17AM 1.87		9:34PM 1.85	9:58AM 1.85		10:19PM 1.91	10:44AM 1.92	12:01PM 2.33	10:58PM 1.93		12:42PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)		12:12AM 0.48		12:46PM 0.36	2:37AM 0.64		1:40PM 0.40			2:41PM 0.42		3:06AM 0.43	4:47PM 0.66		3:46AM 0.41	4:13PM 0.44		4:34AM 0.38			6:37AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	9	10	9	11	14	12	8	8	7	8	9	9	11	12	12	10	10	9	9	10
Low °C	10	9	8	9	9	9	12	8	8	8	5	6	9	8	10	12	11	10	9	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	7	10	14	9	7	8	5	7	8	7	9	9	9	8	10	9	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	2.1 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	16	16	14	13	13	12	17	16	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	15	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	1.0 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	6	12	14	16	15	15	14	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	-	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	14	14	-	14	-	-	12

	Saturday 23			Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	3	4	1	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.4 SSE	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	18	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	12
Energy	5951	2731	106	5730	1783	4285	3740	2736	2392	1006	1752	1453	1312	1258	913	1007	886	963	2545	1685	616	654
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	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	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:22PM 2.24				7:51AM 2.24				8:23PM 2.21				7:26AM 1.87				7:57PM 1.81	9:19PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)					12:06AM 0.48				12:46PM 0.36				2:37AM 0.64				1:40PM 0.40				2:15AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	5
Temp. °C	11	10	10	10	8	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	14	12	11	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	9	8	8	7	9	10	8	7	7	7	7	8	9	14	11	9	7	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 SW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	14	14	13	13	6	12	12	12	-	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	14	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	12	12	-	-

	Saturday 23											Sunday 24
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	1	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	4916	5465	5951	5941	2672	2731	2730	6982	106	106	106	5730	5218	5218	1783	4736	4471	4285	4032	4032	3740	3219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				7:51AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)													12:12AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	22	22	-	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	-	17	17	-	17	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-