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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	Tue		Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	2	3	3	2	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 S	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	3.0 WSW	0.2 S	3.0 WSW	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	8	10	11	15	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	403	391	418	291	40	417	320	139	3	1611	9	3465	4	2084	321	957	801	275	281	136	332	99
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:34PM 1.60	7:58AM 1.60		8:48PM 1.58	9:09AM 1.61		9:57PM 1.63	11:22AM 1.79		10:52PM 1.72	11:03AM 1.77		11:37PM 1.82	12:49PM 2.00		12:16AM 1.92		1:38PM 2.24	12:52AM 2.01	1:00PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		1:52AM 0.82		2:31PM 0.75	3:05AM 0.83		3:40PM 0.71		5:14AM 0.75	5:36PM 0.61		5:01AM 0.68	6:20PM 0.49		6:42AM 0.54	6:59PM 0.36		7:40AM 0.53			6:58AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	15	20	15	22	24	20	14	16	14	13	14	12	13	13	12	14	14	12	14	16
Low °C	17	13	13	17	14	17	24	18	11	16	10	13	13	11	12	13	11	13	13	9	11	15
Chill °C (?)	17	12	15	20	15	22	24	20	12	14	13	12	12	10	12	12	11	13	12	10	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	9:10	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	8	9	11	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.5 E	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	9	6	9	7	4	-	8	12	-	-	16	-	8	-	12	21	20	12	12	5	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	0.5 NE	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.2 W	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	-	-	2	5	7	8	3	8	10	8	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	4

	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.1 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	8
Energy(?)	593	1104	456	391	392	325	325	284	398	380	284	325	622	512	582	566	320	289	267	139	85	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:34PM 1.60				7:58AM 1.60				8:48PM 1.58					10:24AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	2:56PM 0.91				1:52AM 0.82				3:45PM 0.75								3:40PM 0.71	4:59PM 0.85				4:10AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	14	13	13	13	15	18	15	15	14	13	14	14	17	19	24	24	20	20	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	12	13	13	13	15	18	15	14	14	13	14	13	17	19	24	24	20	20	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	10	11	3
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.6 E	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	-	-	6	6	9	9	9	8	8	3	8	5	7	6	8	8	8	9	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	2.1 W	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 NW	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	1.6 NW
Period (s)	9	11	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	-	-	-	6	7	8	2	2	3	4	12

	Tuesday 10										Wednesday 11
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	485	455	403	403	1507	1104	1104	456	640	640	487	391	523	440	472	470	327	325	325	325	325	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:34PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)															3:13AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	18	17	17	16	15	12	11	13	13	11	13	11	11	13	13	13	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	18	16	16	15	13	11	10	12	13	11	13	11	11	13	13	13	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	8	8	6	6	7	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.2 W	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	9	9	9	11	11	11	6	9	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-