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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	Thu	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	0	4	5	0	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	14
Energy(?)	972	1786	314	2142	1815	3763	1862	1121	888	513	353	1257	1281	1466	1583	1473	991	1357	1143	1026	1184	1586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:15PM 1.95	10:34AM 1.99		12:32AM 2.43	12:55PM 2.41		12:14AM 2.15	12:27PM 2.21		12:58AM 2.17		1:11PM 2.24	1:44AM 2.19		2:01PM 2.30	2:32AM 2.21		2:39PM 2.22	3:13AM 2.15		3:27PM 2.17	3:52AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		4:28AM 0.47	4:53PM 0.24		6:54AM 0.44	5:56PM 0.11		6:21AM 0.26	6:48PM 0.01		7:04AM 0.19		7:30PM -0.03	7:55AM 0.13		8:20PM -0.04	8:32AM 0.14		9:02PM 0.02	9:20AM 0.18		9:43PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
High °C	13	13	16	12	16	18	15	16	17	16	15	12	11	14	18	14	16	17	14	20	21	16
Low °C	9	12	16	8	13	16	11	14	14	15	12	11	11	12	18	12	14	16	12	15	20	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	15	10	15	18	14	16	17	15	14	9	8	12	17	12	15	17	14	20	21	15
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	2.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.2 SW	-	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	2.0 WSW	0.1 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	12	11	12	9	-	14	-	11	11	11	11	9	-	-	10	-	11	22	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.7 WSW	-	0.5 SW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	5	13	-	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	20	18	17	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	0.5 SE	-	0.3 N	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	11	12	11	-	3	-	3	11	10	11	10	11	-	11	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1723	1677	2213	709	692	1238	1348	1593	1655	2142	2039	2559	3136	2181	2323	2546	3571	2305	1500	1220	1121	954
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		10:15PM 1.95				10:34AM 1.99				11:14PM 2.01				11:34AM 2.11				12:09AM 2.10				12:27PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)				5:55AM 0.57				4:59PM 0.24				5:22AM 0.37				5:56PM 0.11				6:21AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	8	9	12	13	13	13	12	9	8	8	14	16	18	16	14	12	11	11	14	16
Chill °C (?)	10	11	6	7	10	11	10	10	9	8	6	6	14	15	17	14	13	11	10	10	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SW	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	9	9	14	14	-	-	-	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 29	Friday 30
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1803	1758	2788	946	1006	1677	1708	1597	1626	2194	2244	495	527	1805	1786	1786	403	366	1220	1348	1348	1485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					11:32PM 2.36											10:34AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)										4:22AM 0.47												4:59PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	8	8	7	9	11	12	12	15	15	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	6	6	5	8	10	11	10	14	14	11	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	15	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	11	11	11	11