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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	Mon		Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Mon
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	2	3	0	3	3	2	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	2.5 E	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	6	16	14	8	12	16	14	13	12	12	12	20	18	16	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	52	185	172	150	179	62	809	218	54	356	114	405	218	474	202	620	742	384	765	656	128	366
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:08PM 1.87	8:40AM 1.89		9:10PM 1.91	9:38AM 1.93		10:21PM 2.04	10:43AM 2.06		11:23PM 2.14	11:36AM 2.12		12:15AM 2.17	12:30PM 2.21		1:14AM 2.26		1:27PM 2.29	3:10AM 2.44		2:18PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		2:29AM 0.44		2:55PM 0.39	3:28AM 0.41		4:05PM 0.29		4:37AM 0.36	5:05PM 0.17		5:29AM 0.30	6:02PM 0.06		6:24AM 0.23	6:57PM -0.02		7:22AM 0.19		8:45PM -0.08	9:11AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	17	19	14	18	14	14	15	15	14	13	14	12	14	14	11	15	16	13	15	15
Low °C	14	9	14	19	11	15	14	13	14	14	12	12	13	11	12	13	8	12	14	11	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	9	16	18	12	18	11	13	15	15	14	12	13	10	13	13	9	14	15	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	9:44	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:46	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	6	11	11	8	16	5	13	12	16	14	13	12	12	12	6	11	11	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	21	7	18	8	14	16	4	11	11	6	8	8	21	12	18	16	12	10	6	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 E	2.5 E	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SW	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.7 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	-	4	4	6	6	5	8	4	-	2	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	5

	Monday 29			Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	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	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	11	12	7	11	11	18	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	10	12
Energy(?)	52	52	179	65	65	78	172	277	302	362	484	179	489	107	72	50	55	60	269	605	630	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	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	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:08PM 1.87				8:40AM 1.89				9:15PM 1.94				9:38AM 1.93					11:24PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)					2:23AM 0.43				3:01PM 0.40				3:34AM 0.41					4:05PM 0.29				4:37AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	11	10	10	10	14	17	18	17	13	11	12	11	15	18	18	16	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	8	8	8	12	16	17	16	10	9	9	9	14	18	17	15	13	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.8 WSW	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	6	7	11	7	7	7	11	10	10	16	16	16	15	6	5	5	13	5	13	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	-	12	12	11	7	18	18	10	10	8	9	14	14	14	16	13	16	12	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	-	-	-

	Monday 29										Tuesday 30
	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	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	7	7	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	7	7	7	11	11	11	8	8	10
Energy(?)	50	51	248	52	54	54	192	185	179	179	188	65	194	65	65	61	71	71	182	177	195	186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	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
High Tide / height (m)								8:08PM 1.87													9:44AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)														2:23AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	13	13	13	11	10	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	6	12	7	7	7	12	11	11	11	11	7	11	7	7	7	7	7	11	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	8	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	21	12	21	12	12	12	11	11	19	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4