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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	Thu	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	4	0	4	6	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	11	12	12	13	12	14	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy	2772	1131	634	2969	2744	6453	5658	3740	2483	1524	1017	810	2075	1209	1707	1668	1581	1495	1148	3840	1715	1114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:42AM 2.32	4:51PM 1.93		5:15AM 1.96		6:01PM 1.90	7:51AM 2.24		7:04PM 1.86	7:26AM 1.87		7:57PM 1.81	8:25AM 1.86		8:53PM 1.86	9:17AM 1.87		9:38PM 1.88	11:09AM 2.02		10:19PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	11:33PM 0.51			11:00PM 0.44	11:41AM 0.31		12:12AM 0.48		12:46PM 0.36	1:16AM 0.48		1:46PM 0.40	2:08AM 0.46		3:40PM 0.39		3:06AM 0.43	3:29PM 0.43		4:50AM 0.39	4:13PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	4	2	2
High °C	11	9	11	11	11	11	10	8	10	9	11	12	11	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	11	10
Low °C	7	7	9	9	11	10	8	7	9	9	9	12	11	10	12	12	12	14	11	11	10	9
Chill °C (?)	8	7	11	10	8	9	9	7	10	9	10	12	10	11	11	11	12	13	10	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:19	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	-	14	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 S	0.6 WNW	-	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	14	15	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	7	18	16	11	15	7	-	15	12	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	0.9 ESE	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	13	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	5	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	5	0	0	4	7	4	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	14
Energy	1725	2772	2053	1094	1131	1054	634	3873	2979	2969	3045	4519	2744	3405	6453	9075	2387	5658	4877	4414	3740	2736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:42AM 2.32				4:51PM 1.93				5:10AM 1.93									7:51AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)		11:33PM 0.51								11:00PM 0.44				11:41AM 0.31					1:37AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	8	7	7	9	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	8	9	9	8	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	7	6	5	5	7	11	7	7	7	8	10	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	-	0.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	13	11	11	13	-	22	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	14	14	15	14	-	13	13	12	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	17	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21	Friday 22
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	5	0	0	4	7	4	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1312	1634	1725	2823	2896	2772	2807	2879	2053	1016	1059	1094	1112	1112	1131	1039	1054	1054	1054	689	634	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												5:42AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)				9:56PM 0.38		11:33PM 0.51													12:06PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	8	7	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	7	8	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	16	16	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-