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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	Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Fri
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	6	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	15	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	16	14
Energy(?)	3561	3068	5809	4772	3911	2692	1939	2220	5025	3600	4707	2136	3895	5273	3121	1562	1198	759	391	261	632	823
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:47PM 1.90		6:18AM 1.91		6:49PM 1.88	8:58AM 2.30		7:51PM 1.87	10:03AM 2.34		10:29PM 2.31	11:04AM 2.40		10:03PM 2.04	10:45AM 2.08		10:59PM 2.12	11:38AM 2.13		11:50PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)	11:35AM 0.37		12:05AM 0.41		12:39PM 0.44	1:12AM 0.41		3:16PM 0.65	2:14AM 0.37	3:48AM 0.56	4:23PM 0.63		4:51AM 0.48	3:57PM 0.42		4:26AM 0.20	4:54PM 0.36		5:21AM 0.12	5:45PM 0.29		6:11AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	8	9	10	7	8	10	9	10	10	8	9	10	8	8	10	8	7	10	9	10
Low °C	5	9	7	8	9	5	5	10	7	9	9	7	7	9	6	6	9	5	5	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	6	10	6	7	9	5	6	9	7	7	7	5	8	8	6	7	10	6	6	10	7	9
Sunrise	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	16	15	16	15	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	19	24	20	11	10	10	20	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	11	11	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-

	Friday 18							Saturday 19								Sunday 20
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	14	17	16	17	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	3946	3757	3561	3737	3068	2527	3358	5809	1292	4748	4772	3405	3911	3386	2951	2692	2289	1938	1939	2018	2220	2736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:14AM 1.94				5:47PM 1.90	7:16PM 2.25				7:51AM 2.27				6:49PM 1.88				7:28AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				11:35AM 0.37									2:11PM 0.62				1:12AM 0.41				1:47PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	5	8	10	9	8	8	6	7	8	9	10	9	7	7	6	5	5	8	10	10
Chill °C (?)	3	2	2	6	9	8	6	5	4	4	6	7	9	9	5	5	4	3	3	6	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	14	17	16	17	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	20	19	18	8	24	8	22	20	19	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	8	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 18
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	17	17	17
Energy(?)	3579	4325	3946	3898	3804	3757	3710	3606	1208	3187	4079	3737	3520	3336	3068	2756	2649	2527	2527	3362	3358	3587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						5:14AM 1.94	6:46AM 2.27											5:47PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1
High °C	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SW	0.2 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	20	11	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-