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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	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	5	4	0	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period(s)	11	14	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	14
Energy	1202	1753	2072	1534	3180	4936	2994	5207	1927	1265	783	1232	1404	1115	507	407	321	213	60	65	73	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:53PM 1.86	9:12AM 1.83		9:34PM 1.85	9:58AM 1.85		10:15PM 1.87	10:40AM 1.88	12:01PM 2.33	12:19AM 2.30		12:31PM 2.06	11:35PM 1.95		12:03PM 1.96	1:21AM 2.04		12:42PM 1.96	12:51AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		2:41PM 0.42			3:29PM 0.43		3:46AM 0.41	4:13PM 0.44		4:28AM 0.38		6:18PM 0.71	6:11AM 0.37			5:52AM 0.35		7:12PM 0.48	6:31AM 0.35		6:50PM 0.49	7:10AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	8	8	7	8	9	6	10	12	10	10	10	8	10	10	7	10	12	14	15	15	14	14
Low °C	8	8	6	5	9	5	8	11	8	7	9	6	9	10	6	7	11	11	14	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	7	6	4	8	9	9	10	8	7	9	10	4	8	10	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.2 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 S	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	13	14	15	16	15	14	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	0.8 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	15	17	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	9	10	9	-	10	12	13	6	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	13	-	15	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	3	3	-	3

	Tuesday 26							Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	5	5	5	6	7	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	15	14
Energy	1649	632	1202	1169	1753	1881	2100	2072	1728	1704	1534	1384	3180	4201	4170	4936	5887	6843	2994	4975	5207	6487
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
Tide State	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:25AM 1.86				8:53PM 1.86					9:12AM 1.83				9:34PM 1.85				10:03AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	2:15AM 0.46	3:34AM 0.64			2:41PM 0.42				3:00AM 0.43					3:23PM 0.43				3:46AM 0.41				4:13PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	5	5	5	8	9	7	6	5	5	6	8	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	4	3	3	7	6	5	4	2	2	3	6	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	-	-	-	-	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	14	13	13	13	13	14	-	14	15	15

	Tuesday 26
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	5	5	5	6	7	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	12	16	12	12	16	12	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	2945	112	1649	558	598	632	556	1208	1202	1239	1224	1169	1169	2372	1753	1828	1240	1881	2016	1989	2100	2101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									8:25AM 1.86												8:53PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			2:15AM 0.46												2:41PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	11	10	6	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 W	2.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	12	8	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	17	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	-	15	15	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	16	16	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-