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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	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Sat
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	5	4	3	2	2	1	3	4	2	3	3	3	0	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 ENE	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	15	14	14	13	11	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	15	13	12	11	13	13	8	13
Energy(?)	178	1712	2345	1140	751	401	201	500	1111	401	825	647	504	536	306	816	1556	981	810	854	592	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:26PM 2.08	2:40AM 2.03		3:03PM 2.01	3:15AM 1.95		3:36PM 1.87	3:48AM 1.82		4:18PM 1.77		4:30AM 1.72	5:07PM 1.66		5:21AM 1.62	6:06PM 1.58		6:31AM 1.59		7:16PM 1.55	7:42AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			8:37PM 0.31	8:54AM 0.29		9:13PM 0.42	9:31AM 0.39		9:45PM 0.54	10:06AM 0.50		10:27PM 0.66	10:52AM 0.61		11:18PM 0.76	11:48AM 0.70		12:20AM 0.83			1:32AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	16	12	16	17	13	17	15	14	14	13	11	14	16	14	20
Low °C	12	12	10	9	12	8	9	15	12	14	14	12	13	15	11	12	12	9	9	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	15	9	16	17	13	17	15	14	12	11	11	13	16	13	20
Sunrise	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 E	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	15	14	14	12	11	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	15	13	12	11	13	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	1.8 W	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.3 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	-	13	4	4	13	12	-	9	-	7	9	9	9	9	16	9	9	18	16	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	1.8 ENE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	3	-	8	3

	Saturday 04					Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tue
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	12
Energy(?)	178	200	434	1103	3058	3437	3366	1272	1140	913	751	589	572	401	314	246	202	206	142	171	244	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:26PM 2.08				2:40AM 2.03				2:58PM 1.97				3:10AM 1.92				3:42PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	8:12AM 0.22				8:37PM 0.31				8:48AM 0.29				9:07PM 0.42				9:25AM 0.39				9:45PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	11	12	12	11	9	9	8	9	13	16	15	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	7	10	11	11	10	7	7	6	7	12	15	15	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	7	7	14	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	1.0 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	12	14	-	16	13	13	-	-	4	4	4	13	13	13	12	12	12	-	4	4	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7

	Saturday 04	Sunday 05
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	174	178	178	179	1313	1414	1541	581	434	447	1016	1103	1184	1692	1792	1832	2094	2345	2329	2337	1367	3465
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:21PM 2.05												2:35AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)		8:18AM 0.21												8:31PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	-
Period (s)	14	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	-	-	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3