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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	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Fri
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	5	4	0	4	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	2	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 S	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	15	14	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	3135	1875	1643	1969	562	2008	1993	70	942	554	1692	1371	313	534	734	620	554	346	126	82	2824	3114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:23PM 1.98	3:10AM 2.28		2:00PM 1.95	2:30AM 1.94		2:33PM 1.88	3:04AM 1.85	4:30AM 2.18	4:39PM 2.09	3:52AM 1.82		4:01PM 1.79		4:31AM 1.73	4:48PM 1.74		5:28AM 1.72	5:40PM 1.72		6:23AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			9:05PM 0.66	8:00AM 0.48		8:18PM 0.37	8:38AM 0.53		8:51PM 0.41	10:43AM 0.77		9:38PM 0.47	10:00AM 0.63		10:23PM 0.51	10:39AM 0.65		12:45AM 0.69	11:37AM 0.68		12:06AM 0.53	12:35PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	15	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	8	5
High °C	11	14	11	13	16	12	13	13	10	10	10	9	13	15	12	15	16	16	19	17	13	11
Low °C	10	13	9	11	15	9	12	10	9	10	9	8	11	13	11	14	16	14	18	16	9	9
Chill °C (?)	9	13	8	11	15	9	11	10	7	8	7	7	12	14	12	14	15	16	19	16	11	8
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	0.3 S	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 E	0.6 SW	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	13	14	16	14	-	-	-	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	10	6	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 SW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	18	10	-	-	-	-	12	6	-	9	9	-	-	9	7	7	10	6	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	-	1.0 E	1.8 NW	0.3 NNE	0.6 NNE	4.0 WSW	4.0 W
Period (s)	13	12	15	-	13	13	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	7	7	2	4	9	10

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 S	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2258	2440	21	542	2345	3051	2861	3634	535	1273	1056	3019	2283	2767	2415	2413	2586	1007	1993	2287	2496	2135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	high	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:14AM 1.99				1:23PM 1.98				1:46AM 1.94				2:00PM 1.95				2:30AM 1.94				2:38PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			8:49AM 0.74				7:40PM 0.34				9:26AM 0.76				8:18PM 0.37				8:38AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	10	7	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	12	11	10	11	12	12	12	8	7	9	12	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	13	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	9	10	9	9	6	5	7	11	11	10	9	9	7	7	6	11	9	9	7
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.1 SW	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	14	-	-	-	15	15	14	14	13	-	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	15	18	-	-	-	6	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	4	14	14	15	15	-	14	-	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12

	Friday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 S	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	14	14	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	2155	2155	20	632	2477	2440	2440	622	506	1148	1133	2734	2821	4004	2345	1895	2801	2166	2919	2999	2861	2721
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:14AM 1.99												1:23PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)							7:22AM 0.44												7:40PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	4	3	4	2	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	7	8	9	9	10	10	12	9	10	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 E	1.1 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	1.1 SW	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	6	14	-	-	-	14	14	10	10	13	13	13	-	15	-	17	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	18	-	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 W	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	-	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	13	6	13	13	13	6	-	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	14	14	15	15	15	15