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 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	3	3	2	2	3	0	3	3	0	2	2	4	4	2	0	1	3	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	20	18	16	15	14	14	13	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	413	351	578	273	269	806	820	926	532	621	567	443	113	573	180	470	953	186	343	724	1031	983
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:40AM 2.16		12:20AM 2.22			2:35AM 2.58		1:27PM 2.29	2:05AM 2.27		2:18PM 2.30	2:54AM 2.22	4:16AM 2.53	3:02PM 2.21	3:42AM 2.15		3:56PM 2.16		4:29AM 2.04	4:44PM 2.04		5:17AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		6:02PM 0.06		7:46AM 0.18	6:57PM -0.02	8:23PM 0.19	8:51AM 0.32		7:48PM -0.06	8:12AM 0.17		8:39PM -0.04	10:30AM 0.32		9:28PM 0.02	9:49AM 0.24		10:16PM 0.13	10:37AM 0.32		11:04PM 0.26	11:27AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	14	15	11	14	14	13	16	16	14	18	18	16	16	20	17	17	17	13	14
Low °C	12	13	11	12	14	8	13	13	11	15	15	11	16	16	14	16	19	15	16	14	11	13
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	13	14	8	12	12	11	16	15	13	18	18	16	15	20	17	16	16	10	12
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	6	18	11	15	14	14	13	13	10	11	13	11	11	11	10	9	9	-	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	1.0 W	-	0.9 WNW	0.1 E	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	8	24	21	12	12	16	11	-	-	6	-	-	12	-	12	8	-	7	8	20	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 ESE	-	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	2.0 W	-	0.3 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	6	4	-	10	5	-	11	-	-	10	-	-	10	-	9	-	10	10

	Friday 02					Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Mon
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 S	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	11	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	88	452	351	166	106	578	551	568	614	242	234	327	459	385	805	925	820	804	926	1336	703	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:40AM 2.16					1:39AM 2.55			12:35PM 2.25					1:14AM 2.26				1:27PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)								6:30AM 0.23				6:57PM -0.02	8:23PM 0.19				7:22AM 0.19				7:48PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	13	11	10	8	9	13	14	13	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	12	9	11	11	11	12	13	11	11	9	8	5	7	13	12	11	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	4	6	12	12	12	11	12	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	-	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	24	12	12	21	21	20	20	19	12	12	11	6	11	11	11	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	5	4	4	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	4	3	-	-	-	10	14	5	5

	Friday 02																Saturday 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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	79	420	413	26	86	452	421	434	351	54	65	66	296	106	413	446	473	578	598	554	553	540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)					11:40AM 2.16		1:04PM 2.45											12:20AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)												6:02PM 0.06	7:28PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	11	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	8	8	13	5	8	8	24	24	-	23	23	23	12	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	8	-	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	12	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-