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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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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	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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	Oreti Beach Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	1	4	4	4	0	4	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 S	0.1 S	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	29	3835	2887	2123	536	1326	3160	2724	1674	2171	435	1977	2013	1837	116	3	1532	1505	728	936	667	515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:13PM 1.96		12:37AM 1.98	12:48PM 1.98	2:08PM 1.91	1:09AM 1.96		2:45PM 2.26	1:51AM 1.98		2:00PM 1.95	2:30AM 1.94		3:58PM 2.15	3:10AM 1.88		3:18PM 1.85	3:52AM 1.82	5:12AM 2.13	5:24PM 2.05		4:37AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 0.33		6:46AM 0.41			7:22AM 0.44		7:40PM 0.34	8:00AM 0.48		8:18PM 0.37	8:38AM 0.53		8:57PM 0.42	9:18AM 0.58		9:38PM 0.47	11:27AM 0.77		10:23PM 0.51	10:46AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	20	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	13	19	19	17	11	11	11	12	14	12	12	12	10	11	10	9	12	11	9	15
Low °C	15	15	11	17	18	10	10	11	10	11	14	9	12	11	8	10	10	8	10	11	8	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	12	19	19	17	9	8	8	10	12	9	10	9	7	9	8	7	11	9	7	15
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	-	0.3 S	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.1 S	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	14	13	13	-	16	14	13	-	-	-	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	-	9	4	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	13	14	15	-	3	13	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	3	-	-

	Wednesday 19							Thursday 20								Friday 21
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	3	4	3	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.3 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	404	854	1613	639	63	731	3771	2887	2433	2258	2123	2187	2504	1557	2362	416	2698	2618	1283	1233	2724	2638
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:13PM 1.96	1:33PM 1.91							12:48PM 1.98					1:14AM 1.99				1:23PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		6:10AM 0.40				6:22PM 0.33				6:46AM 0.41					7:04PM 0.32				8:49AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	9	7	3	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	15	16	16	17	13	12	11	11	17	19	18	19	17	12	11	9	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	15	16	15	17	12	11	10	10	17	19	18	19	17	10	8	5	8	9	8	8
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.3 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	8	11	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	9	10	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	14	14

	Wednesday 19
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	3	4	3	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	383	389	404	56	23	73	1111	1389	1613	2044	2384	2953	3092	1946	3835	799	4122	4181	2525	2534	3771	3445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												12:13PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)						6:04AM 0.40												6:28PM 0.33	7:51PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	10	9	12	13	15	16	17	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	8	9	7	11	13	15	16	17	16	16	17	15	15	14	15	15	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 E	0.3 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	10	8	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-