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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	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	1	4	4	4	4	0	0	5	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	13	14	16	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	28	3835	2887	2123	1413	21	2039	448	1673	2171	2773	1828	1747	1871	3	636	2233	1651	16	819	407	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:13PM 1.96		1:56AM 1.95	12:48PM 1.98		2:33AM 2.31		1:23PM 1.98	1:51AM 1.98		2:00PM 1.95	3:49AM 2.23		3:58PM 2.15	3:10AM 1.88		4:39PM 2.09			4:01PM 1.79		4:31AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 0.33	7:39PM 0.32	6:46AM 0.41		8:28PM 0.65	7:22AM 0.44		7:40PM 0.34	9:26AM 0.76		9:42PM 0.67	10:03AM 0.77		8:57PM 0.42	9:18AM 0.58		11:05PM 0.69	10:00AM 0.63		10:23PM 0.51	10:39AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	14	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	13	20	19	18	10	13	11	12	15	11	13	12	10	12	10	9	12	12	11	17
Low °C	15	15	11	17	19	9	9	12	9	11	14	9	12	12	9	11	10	8	10	12	8	14
Chill °C (?)	16	15	12	20	19	18	8	12	8	10	13	8	10	9	7	10	7	7	10	11	10	17
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	0.9 SW	0.3 S	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	14	13	-	14	16	14	13	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.5 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	9	-	18	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	12	3	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	-	1.2 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	13	13	6	15	-	13	13	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	4	2	3

	Wednesday 19					Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.3 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 S	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	13	14	14	15	15
Energy(?)	1613	639	63	731	3771	2887	2433	2258	2123	1203	2553	1557	2362	1367	2515	2318	21	1233	2530	2840	2861	3073
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:13PM 1.96	1:33PM 1.91												1:14AM 1.99				1:23PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)				6:28PM 0.33				6:46AM 0.41					8:28PM 0.65				8:49AM 0.74				7:40PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	14	9	8	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	16	15	13	12	11	11	17	21	18	19	17	13	10	9	9	10	12	12	11	8
Chill °C (?)	15	17	15	15	12	11	10	9	17	21	18	19	16	12	7	6	6	8	10	9	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.3 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	-	-	9	10	-	-	-	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	17	-	9	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15

	Wednesday 19	Thursday 20
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.1 S	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	11	14	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1111	355	28	363	2384	2953	3092	3506	3835	2304	4122	2524	4065	2534	3771	3492	3	1797	2693	2653	2433	398
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)													7:51PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	15	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	15	17	18	17	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	13	11	14	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	4	-	10	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-