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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	Wed	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	0	0	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	1	4	3	1	1	4	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 W	1.9 W	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	12	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	18	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	11
Energy(?)	759	690	2346	1989	1206	706	330	155	220	236	632	636	1104	387	1923	1163	151	86	188	1023	736	1062
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	on	off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:28AM 1.65	5:13PM 1.61	6:34PM 1.98	6:59AM 1.92		6:23PM 1.58	6:42AM 1.58		7:31PM 1.61	7:41AM 1.61									11:25AM 2.39		11:52PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)	10:25PM 0.78	10:55AM 0.71		12:49AM 0.97			12:40AM 0.84		1:13PM 0.70	1:46AM 0.77		3:27PM 0.71								5:27AM 0.48	5:50PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	10	-	2	9	1	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	12	13	16	13	15	17	14	13	16	14	15	15	12	12	12	11	10	9	9
Low °C	13	13	13	10	9	14	12	13	17	12	13	15	12	13	13	11	11	11	11	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	9	12	16	12	14	16	13	12	16	14	15	14	12	12	11	9	8	7	9
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 SE	-	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	2.3 W	1.9 W	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	10	-	11	10	8	10	11	12	12	11	11	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	15	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 ESE	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	1.0 SW
Period (s)	7	16	-	-	13	13	12	12	12	11	7	9	18	-	-	21	19	11	16	16	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 W	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W
Period (s)	-	6	14	12	-	-	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	8

	Wed	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	16	14	14	11	12	11	10	11	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	628	684	726	553	786	581	2346	2963	2007	1989	2178	1936	1206	909	706	541	409	334	253	233	291	460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:52AM 1.96				5:13PM 1.61									6:23PM 1.58				8:06AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		10:25PM 0.78				10:48AM 0.70				11:28PM 0.84					12:03PM 0.74				12:40AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	9	10	9	13	16	14	13	13	12	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	9	7	8	7	12	16	13	12	12	11	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	16	10	10	10	-	14	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	12	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.2 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	6	11	16	12	-	-	-	-	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	9	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	6	14	14	11	12	11	11	-	-	-	10	-	2	3	3	3	3

	Wednesday 08					Thursday 09
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	16	14	14	14
Energy(?)	586	606	628	695	702	257	703	696	726	709	287	553	564	722	690	690	798	801	801	2998	2342	2545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:21AM 1.62	5:52AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)																	10:55AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	15	15	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	14	14	11	11	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	6	6	5	11	11	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	14	14	14