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 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	0	0	4	4	5	0	0	0	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1577	1462	1684	2845	330	2867	2442	1869	805	1648	378	1523	771	877	450	275	360	470	364	371	294	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:12AM 2.40	4:08PM 2.05		4:32AM 1.96	4:51PM 1.92		5:14AM 1.84	5:31PM 1.75		7:32AM 2.10		8:11PM 2.09	8:34AM 2.03		7:28PM 1.56	7:58AM 1.60		8:48PM 1.58	9:09AM 1.61		9:57PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	11:12PM 0.35	11:32AM 0.49		10:24PM 0.28	10:43AM 0.38		11:06PM 0.44	11:28AM 0.51		11:51PM 0.59		1:57PM 0.85	2:23AM 0.93		1:13PM 0.71	1:44AM 0.80		2:31PM 0.75	3:05AM 0.83		3:40PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	9	-	-	-	1	1	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	8
High °C	18	15	15	14	14	15	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	15	14	17	16	17	21	22	11
Low °C	13	13	15	12	13	14	11	13	12	10	11	12	10	10	12	13	16	16	15	17	18	10
Chill °C (?)	18	13	13	12	13	14	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	15	13	17	16	17	21	22	7
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.4 S	2.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	7	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.2 S	-	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	9	-	12	-	9	8	7	8	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	0.3 N	1.5 W
Period (s)	11	12	11	12	-	11	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	2	11

	Thu	Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	0.3 S	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1338	37	1478	1338	1462	1440	1684	2053	2325	2845	1866	1835	2164	2365	4478	4660	4320	2442	2356	2078	1869	2379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			3:52AM 2.07					4:08PM 2.05				5:54AM 2.30				4:45PM 1.88				5:14AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		11:12PM 0.35				10:01AM 0.27				10:24PM 0.28				12:17PM 0.62				11:06PM 0.44				11:28AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	6	8	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	15	14	15	14	12	11	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	13	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	10	11	14	12	15	13	10	8	9	9	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12

	Thursday 05	Friday 06
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	0.1 S	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1518	8	1338	1338	2915	1577	1577	1478	228	1452	1338	1338	1363	1412	2205	2170	1465	1440	1560	1684	1684	1846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:47AM 2.03		5:12AM 2.40											4:08PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			9:43PM 0.13												9:55AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	18	17	15	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	16	15	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	15	13	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	11	11	11	11	4	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12