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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	Tue	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	14	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	892	407	974	508	403	1569	761	1412	1720	2672	380	1786	50	1495	1449	907	603	534	458	208	709	564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 2.17		2:44PM 2.26		4:32AM 2.47	4:49PM 2.45		5:12AM 2.40	4:08PM 2.05		4:32AM 1.96	4:51PM 1.92		5:14AM 1.84	5:31PM 1.75		7:32AM 2.10			6:53AM 1.65		7:34PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		8:38AM 0.13		10:28PM 0.22	10:47AM 0.37		11:12PM 0.35	11:32AM 0.49		10:24PM 0.28	10:43AM 0.38		11:06PM 0.44	11:28AM 0.51		11:51PM 0.59		1:57PM 0.85	12:46AM 0.73		1:20PM 0.72	1:52AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	14	13	19	19	18	15	15	13	17	18	17	11	10	10	12	13	13	17	15	13
Low °C	9	12	14	10	14	19	13	14	14	11	14	18	15	10	10	9	10	13	12	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	13	19	19	18	13	13	11	16	18	16	10	10	10	11	12	12	17	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	14	13	12	-	-	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	11	21	20	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	7	-	-	-	15	15	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	-	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	-	-	10	11	11	12	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	196	892	861	777	777	361	339	326	549	508	599	710	861	1323	500	1581	1437	1139	1605	1478	1412	1558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:32AM 2.21					4:06PM 2.52			3:13AM 2.15				3:21PM 2.14				3:52AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)	8:14PM -0.03					10:04AM 0.29			9:02PM 0.02				9:20AM 0.18					11:12PM 0.35				10:01AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	9	9	12	13	14	14	13	12	11	10	13	17	20	18	18	16	13	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	11	9	8	8	11	12	13	13	13	12	10	9	12	17	20	18	18	15	10	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	12	11	11	11	11	10	21	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	12	12	12	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	10	21	10	20	20	19	19	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	11	11	12

	Tuesday 03	Wednesday 04
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	203	950	984	984	892	505	496	488	861	861	777	777	777	777	134	764	674	674	684	965	974	888
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																				2:44PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)		8:20PM -0.04												8:38AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	22	22	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11