Southland Surf

Southland Surf Forecast

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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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	0	3	4	5	4	4	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	4.0 W	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	14	13	13	16	11	14	16	15	14	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	14
Energy	2496	2188	2332	3469	1133	6245	3039	1374	3924	1474	1886	502	3562	3460	3748	4987	5003	4020	1625	1251	1167	2825
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:02AM 2.12		10:23PM 2.14		12:19PM 2.56	11:17PM 2.22	11:55AM 2.28		1:38AM 2.54		12:50PM 2.29	1:00AM 2.26		1:45PM 2.27	1:54AM 2.24		2:40PM 2.20	2:55AM 2.21		3:29PM 2.07		5:00AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18PM 0.27		6:12AM 0.34			5:38AM 0.00		7:37PM 0.35	6:33AM -0.05		6:54PM 0.18	7:28AM -0.06		7:48PM 0.19	8:22AM -0.02		8:47PM 0.23	9:12AM 0.06		9:37PM 0.29	11:16AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	1	2	1	-	-	-	20	2	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	5	3
High °C	8	9	10	14	12	12	11	10	9	7	9	9	9	8	7	11	11	10	9	11	11	12
Low °C	8	9	9	10	12	10	10	9	6	6	8	8	9	8	5	9	10	8	6	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	6	9	8	12	10	9	9	8	8	5	6	7	6	5	4	8	8	7	8	10	9	10
Sunrise	8:29	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:34
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	-	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	16	11	-	16	15	14	12	12	14	20	19	11	-	14	16	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	22	20	18	16	15	-	-	12	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	24	22	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	5.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	14	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	13	-	-	-	10

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	2.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	12	11	14	14	14	13	17	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	2496	2164	2188	2128	2239	2332	1173	1075	3469	1793	1133	4431	5511	6245	6303	13152	3039	7778	1374	1156	4463	3924
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:02AM 2.12				10:23PM 2.14					12:19PM 2.56			11:17PM 2.22				11:55AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)				4:18PM 0.27					6:12AM 0.34			5:13PM 0.22				5:38AM 0.00					6:06PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	14	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	10	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	6	6	9	8	7	8	7	8	7	12	10	9	9	8	8	6	7	9	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	4.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	16	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	16	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	22	22	20	19	18	18	18	13	16	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	14	14	14	13	17	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13	Sunday 14
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	2602	2684	2496	1392	2365	2164	2188	2192	2188	2216	2036	2128	2129	2205	2239	2244	2235	2332	2300	2232	1173	2241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					10:02AM 2.12												10:23PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)											4:18PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-