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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	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	0	0	4	0	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	15	14	13	12
Energy(?)	1038	3071	4564	6097	1665	1608	1298	1460	2911	1493	2968	2559	1809	1708	1750	1385	1407	1708	301	1017	1183	1159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:58PM 1.91	9:44AM 1.94		9:59PM 2.00	11:50AM 2.37		10:46PM 2.05		12:30PM 2.26	11:37PM 2.15		12:02PM 2.08	12:18AM 2.18		12:41PM 2.09	12:52AM 2.14		2:40PM 2.43	1:29AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		4:15PM 0.65		3:24AM 0.34	3:53PM 0.47		5:39AM 0.37			6:29AM 0.28			5:49AM 0.11		6:12PM 0.23	7:57AM 0.24		6:45PM 0.21	8:37AM 0.30		7:23PM 0.22	7:44AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	9	7	10	11	9	11	10	10	11
Low °C	7	8	7	8	9	8	9	9	7	5	8	5	4	9	4	6	11	8	8	10	8	9
Chill °C (?)	5	7	6	6	7	9	9	9	7	8	6	7	6	9	6	8	9	7	10	8	9	11
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:30
Sunset	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	4.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	15	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	18	16	20	18	-	16	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	21	18	16	10	10	22	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	12	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-

	Tuesday 19					Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	-	1.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 S	2.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	-	11	12	12	12	16	14	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	4116	0	761	2031	2189	2679	338	2065	1723	1928	5513	1539	1655	1608	1608	5	1588	1608	1267	1651	1339	1412
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:38AM 1.87	9:56AM 2.28			8:58PM 1.91					10:56AM 2.32				9:55PM 1.96				10:34AM 1.98				10:46PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			2:51PM 0.56					4:42AM 0.47				3:53PM 0.47				5:39AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	7	5
Chill °C (?)	3	5	5	7	7	7	8	7	6	7	6	7	8	9	8	7	9	9	8	8	6	3
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	2.0 SSW	0.8 S	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	18	9	16	8	8	15	8	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	12	23	-	22	16	16	20	15	18	17	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	12	12	12	13	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	16	16	-	-

	Tuesday 19																	Wednesday 20
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	-	1.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.4 S	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	-	11	12	12	12	-	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4123	0	1038	3963	3743	2429	0	1007	761	1016	3357	3806	3872	4105	4301	72	4782	4564	1372	1453	1276	1276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:38AM 1.87												8:58PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)									2:44PM 0.56													3:18AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	5	7	8	8	9	9	9	7	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	8	10	10	8	8
Chill °C (?)	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	4	6	6	7	6	6	7	8	7	6	8	8	6	6
Sunrise	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.9 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	9	11	12	12	12	12	9	11	9	18	11	11	11	11	9	13	13	9	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SW	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	9	9	9	9	12	15	10	12	12	12	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	12	12	-	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-