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 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			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	Oreti Beach Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	1	4	3	3	1	1	0	2	4	9	5	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 W	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	1.4 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 W	-	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	12	12	10	9	11	20	7	12	16	14	13	12	-	13	12	12	11	11	11	13
Energy(?)	49	1305	722	558	167	79	110	102	255	2596	5361	3446	439	4187	0	587	1884	902	512	431	342	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:46PM 2.53		1:09AM 2.64		1:32PM 2.22	12:37AM 2.33		2:05PM 2.42	2:36AM 2.51		1:50PM 2.32	2:25AM 2.33		2:41PM 2.26			5:06PM 2.44		4:13AM 2.06	4:36PM 2.05		5:23AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			7:07PM 0.30	7:35AM 0.28			6:56AM 0.02		8:16PM -0.08	7:45AM 0.07		8:09PM -0.07	8:36AM 0.16		10:34PM 0.27	9:24AM 0.27		11:32PM 0.35	10:23AM 0.39		11:02PM 0.24	11:33AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	21	1	4	4	7	-	1	1
High °C	15	9	11	19	22	15	15	17	12	16	16	14	18	18	7	10	10	11	12	16	14	15
Low °C	14	9	10	15	18	12	13	16	9	14	15	12	17	14	6	9	9	11	11	15	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	6	9	19	22	15	15	16	11	15	15	13	17	18	4	8	8	10	11	16	14	15
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	-	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 W	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	10	9	7	9	6	17	-	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.3 WNW	-	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	1.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	-	21	13	11	11	20	18	13	-	-	13	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.4 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	12	16	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 04							Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	4	4	0	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.1 SW	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	10	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	11	11	21	10	6	6
Energy(?)	95	1406	1255	18	120	357	830	1229	1235	615	558	520	509	360	327	79	252	230	50	395	249	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:46PM 2.53				12:52AM 2.41				12:14PM 2.27				12:37AM 2.33	2:00AM 2.70				1:01PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 0.32				5:36PM 0.07				6:08AM 0.03				6:29PM -0.04	7:56PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	14	13	15	17	15	17	11	8	10	11	15	19	21	18	16	13	13	13	14	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	11	14	16	15	17	9	5	8	10	15	19	21	18	16	12	12	12	14	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	10	11	9	21	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	13	12	8	13	8	8	8	-	21	9	8	15	9	11	11	11	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.5 SW	1.3 W	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	13	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	6

	Tuesday 04
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	4	4	0	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 WSW	2.0 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	13	13	10	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	45	1038	95	3	39	97	277	0	0	1971	1397	1397	1397	1193	1237	167	715	715	383	842	830	816
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:28AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	14	14	12	12	10	10	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	16	14	16	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	12	12	10	10	7	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	15	13	16	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	10	10	-	-	-	-	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	10	14	13	13	13	6	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	8	13	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	2.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.6 W	0.4 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.4 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	-	-