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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	Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sun
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	1	3	4	0	4	3	3	2	1	0	2	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	2.1 W	1.2 W	0.5 SW	1.2 W	1.6 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	1.9 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.2 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	8	10	8	10	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	20	7	10	11	14	13	12	11	11
Energy(?)	186	625	388	83	364	541	121	127	837	816	420	123	165	96	451	1143	1954	1448	511	4605	1531	771
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:29PM 2.39	11:57AM 2.42		11:02PM 2.17	11:28AM 2.18		11:52PM 2.29	12:14PM 2.27		12:37AM 2.33		2:24PM 2.63	2:53AM 2.70		3:15PM 2.61	2:20AM 2.29		4:09PM 2.54	3:20AM 2.23	4:28AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)		4:07PM 0.38		5:55AM 0.39	4:55PM 0.21		5:20AM 0.09	5:42PM 0.07		6:08AM 0.03	6:23PM -0.03		8:25AM 0.28		8:46PM 0.20	9:16AM 0.31		8:03PM -0.06	8:30AM 0.16		9:02PM 0.00	10:34AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	15	12	18	18	15	18	12	15	16	20	17	14	16	11	15	16	14	20	20	15	19
Low °C	7	15	9	14	17	12	15	12	11	14	19	11	13	15	8	13	15	11	16	19	11	15
Chill °C (?)	10	14	11	18	18	14	18	9	15	16	20	17	12	15	9	15	15	13	20	20	14	19
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.4 WSW	1.2 W	0.5 SW	1.2 W	1.6 W	0.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	1.9 W	1.2 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	8	10	8	10	14	13	12	12	12	11	7	9	6	7	-	14	13	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 S	0.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	18	10	16	11	14	6	8	6	9	8	6	11	20	18	10	-	15	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	2.1 WNW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.9 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	-	0.6 N	2.4 W	-	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	2	8	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	7	10	11	-	4	12	-	4

	Sunday 02					Monday 03								Tuesday 04								Wed
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.2 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 SW	2.3 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 W	0.5 SW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	10	7	8	10	8	8	10	10	10	9	8	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	293	237	263	598	470	388	302	289	267	272	74	750	824	541	1133	1029	1016	580	167	932	757	1249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:55AM 1.92					10:12PM 2.01				10:43AM 2.06				12:18AM 2.53				11:24AM 2.14				12:52AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)				5:29PM 0.52				4:32AM 0.20				4:48PM 0.21				6:45AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	7	12	15	15	12	11	9	9	12	17	19	18	15	12	12	13	14	18	19	16	15	10
Chill °C (?)	4	11	14	14	11	10	8	7	11	17	19	18	14	10	10	11	13	18	19	16	15	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	8	18	18	8	8	8	7	8	10	10	8	10	10	13	13	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 S	-	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	1.1 W	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	12	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	14	13	-	-	6	13	8	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.4 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	1.5 W	-	1.4 W	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 W	0.5 SW	1.6 W	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	10	10	9	8	6	13	-	-

	Sunday 02	Monday 03
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 W	0.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	11	11	11	12	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	17	16	8	10	10
Energy(?)	349	343	186	381	260	237	194	676	625	639	97	96	558	508	470	470	827	227	262	206	302	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	11:29PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)										4:07PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	8	10	12	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	12
Chill °C (?)	5	4	4	6	8	11	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	8	8	9	8	9
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	7	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	10	10	18	18	18	18	8	10	10	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	13	7	7	8	8	18	18	18	13	12	-	-	-	-	10	17	16	12	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	-	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	7