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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	Thu		Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	0	1	0	0	4	3	1	2	3	1	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	7	10	12	11	11	10	11	11	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	604	2428	1951	304	3821	4182	2802	3077	196	512	111	575	87	45	227	159	472	888	2149	2084	471	1730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:02PM 1.82	8:44AM 1.81		9:04PM 1.82	9:38AM 1.83		9:57PM 1.85	10:23AM 1.86		10:38PM 1.84	10:58AM 1.86		11:23PM 1.92	11:38AM 1.93		12:00AM 1.95	12:13PM 1.96		1:55AM 2.33	12:48PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		2:25AM 0.44		2:55PM 0.53	3:23AM 0.43		3:48PM 0.48		4:12AM 0.42	4:28PM 0.43		4:48AM 0.41	5:09PM 0.39		5:33AM 0.40	5:52PM 0.35		6:10AM 0.40	6:28PM 0.33	7:51PM 0.65	6:46AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	14	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	19	7	-
High °C	13	11	18	8	8	10	11	10	14	14	11	17	18	15	16	17	14	16	17	14	17	15
Low °C	13	9	15	7	7	9	11	6	10	13	10	14	17	14	15	14	13	13	17	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	11	17	6	5	6	8	7	14	12	10	16	17	14	16	17	14	16	17	14	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 W	-	0.4 ESE	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 E	1.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	16	13	13	12	-	9	12	12	11	7	12	12	11	6	7	11	11	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.1 NW	1.0 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	16	-	-	-	-	15	-	21	20	9	10	12	13	11	10	9	14	-	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 W	2.2 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.0 W	-	0.7 SE	-	1.4 ENE	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	12	12	13	12	-	3	-	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	0	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	182	727	1084	2428	2020	1998	1951	3345	3834	3689	268	177	182	2739	4182	5454	4391	3347	2475	1205	1455	1003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 1.82				8:44AM 1.81				8:59PM 1.79				9:38AM 1.83				9:57PM 1.85	11:10PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)	1:52PM 0.56				2:25AM 0.44				2:55PM 0.53				3:17AM 0.43				3:48PM 0.48					4:12AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	1	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	11	11	9	9	15	18	8	8	7	6	6	8	9	10	11	11	10	8	7	6
Chill °C (?)	13	13	11	11	7	6	14	17	4	6	5	4	3	4	5	6	8	8	7	5	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	-	13	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	18	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	13	13	-	-	-	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	-	-

	Thursday 13	Friday 14
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	0	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	170	585	604	604	617	727	772	1084	1084	288	538	411	390	2464	2020	1913	2056	1998	2110	1116	1951	1951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:02PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	1:52PM 0.56													2:25AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	11	13	15	17
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	8	9	7	7	6	6	9	11	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	18	17	16	16	16	16	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3