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 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	3	1	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	0.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	16	13	13	14	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11
Energy(?)	1843	1189	882	884	546	264	2222	1599	672	1288	904	277	179	331	90	101	392	168	308	229	70	245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:26PM 1.65	8:46AM 1.63		10:52PM 2.12	9:48AM 1.69		10:21PM 1.67	10:36AM 1.71		11:12PM 1.74	11:27AM 1.82		1:14AM 2.19	12:05PM 1.86	1:29PM 2.16	12:41AM 1.92	12:48PM 1.96	2:07PM 2.19	2:33AM 2.25		1:26PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		2:43AM 0.71		3:09PM 0.66			4:05PM 0.62		4:30AM 0.69	4:56PM 0.56		5:25AM 0.64		7:07PM 0.67	6:01AM 0.56			6:47AM 0.49		8:26PM 0.50	7:24AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	15	15	14	14	13	11	11	11	12	15	16	14	12	13	12	14	13	11	15	12
Low °C	15	10	15	15	12	13	12	10	11	11	11	14	15	11	12	12	10	12	13	9	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	11	15	14	14	13	12	10	10	9	10	14	15	12	11	11	10	12	11	9	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	9:42	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	9	10	13	13	14	13	13	11	11	11	6	12	12	11	11	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.1 W	-	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	9	13	-	19	16	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	12	6	13	4	-	-	4	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	-	15	-	-	3	4	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	3	4

	Monday 12			Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	15	14	14	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1304	1166	1236	1189	1364	767	882	72	83	1067	929	651	560	309	264	360	623	691	820	1599	1697	1648
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:21PM 1.61				8:46AM 1.63				9:24PM 1.62				9:43AM 1.66	11:13AM 2.10				11:43PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)									3:09PM 0.66					5:05AM 0.93				4:12PM 0.63				4:37AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	12	10	11	10	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	13	13	11	8	9	8	15	15	15	15	14	12	10	10	13	13	12	10	12	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 W	2.0 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.1 S	0.8 SW	0.1 S	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	10	9	15	14	14	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	9	13	13	13	10	10	11	10	19	18	11	16	9	-	-	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.6 W	-	2.1 W	-	-	2.3 W	2.1 W	-	-	1.2 W	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	-	10	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	14	-	-	-

	Monday 12	Tuesday 13
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	0.6 SW	1.6 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1329	1329	1843	1843	1207	1166	253	184	1236	1256	1174	982	982	557	80	547	84	83	419	693	714	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:21PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)																4:07AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	14	12	13	14	13	11	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.6 SW	0.4 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	14	14	14	8	14	8	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	-	-	11	10	10	10	9	-	-	10	9	10	9	9	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.9 SW	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.6 W	-	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	-	9	9	10	10	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-