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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	Mon	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 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	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	17	15	13	12	14	14	16	14	14	15	14	18	16	14	14	13	12	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	24	3271	2150	986	1073	1158	3267	1553	1544	5571	3318	5536	4606	2671	1963	1671	3855	5755	3548	3374	1597	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:00AM 1.73		6:38PM 1.74	8:32AM 2.21		7:39PM 1.84	9:29AM 2.30		9:57PM 2.31	10:26AM 2.41		10:52PM 2.39	10:02AM 2.12		11:47PM 2.46	10:59AM 2.22		11:17PM 2.22	11:55AM 2.28		12:11AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)	1:29AM 0.76		12:23PM 0.48	12:51AM 0.54		2:56PM 0.65	1:55AM 0.46	3:25AM 0.65	3:53PM 0.61		4:21AM 0.56	4:51PM 0.55		3:48AM 0.22	4:18PM 0.27		4:44AM 0.10	5:13PM 0.22		5:38AM 0.00		6:06PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	12	10	10	12	11	11	14	13	11	11	10	11	13	13	11	11	11	8	9	10
Low °C	10	8	10	8	10	11	10	10	13	11	11	11	9	9	13	11	11	11	9	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	9	12	9	8	10	10	9	13	12	9	10	9	10	12	11	8	8	8	7	7	9
Sunrise	-	8:27	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	17	15	13	12	14	14	16	14	14	15	14	18	16	14	14	13	-	-	-	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.6 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	15	15	10	18	-	20	18	-	20	-	-	-	20	18	-	-	-	-	-	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	14	14	13	-	3

	Mon	Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	0.2 S	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s)	17	17	16	15	15	15	13	12	15	12	14	14	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	14
Energy	10325	24	13031	9259	3271	2533	2150	1582	1222	986	4185	1265	1073	1807	1158	1103	3947	3267	3226	1502	1553	1469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)									6:38PM 1.74				8:32AM 2.21				7:39PM 1.84					9:29AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)			12:01AM 0.61				12:23PM 0.48				12:58AM 0.55				2:56PM 0.65				1:55AM 0.46	3:25AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	11	11	8	10	12	10	10	9	11	10	10	10	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	5	8	7	8	6	9	12	9	9	8	10	8	8	8	10	9	10	8	8	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	-	17	16	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.7 W	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	-	10	10	19	18	10	17	-	7	12	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08	Tuesday 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	5.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s)	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13
Energy	11397	10446	10325	4432	24	24	23	14118	13031	11896	10592	9259	9279	1965	3271	3271	2533	2533	2443	2239	2150	1864
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													6:06AM 1.76	7:31AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)																			12:23PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	9	10	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-