Southland Surf

Southland Surf Forecast

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 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	12	11	11	10	14	13	13
Energy	1927	2167	1604	1213	1162	589	330	256	154	112	298	296	292	204	349	411	263	225	74	68	207	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:15PM 1.87	10:44AM 1.92		10:58PM 1.93			11:35PM 1.95		12:03PM 1.96	1:35AM 2.26		12:42PM 1.96	12:51AM 1.95		1:22PM 1.94	1:31AM 1.92		2:02PM 1.90	2:05AM 1.85		2:44PM 1.84	2:52AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		4:34AM 0.38	4:54PM 0.45		6:11AM 0.37	5:33PM 0.46		6:50AM 0.37		7:38PM 0.73	7:55AM 0.64		6:50PM 0.49	7:10AM 0.37		7:30PM 0.52	9:11AM 0.66		8:04PM 0.55	8:25AM 0.43		8:51PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	7	1	1	3	-	-	-	9	1	-	-
High °C	9	9	10	9	11	13	12	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	11
Low °C	7	8	9	8	10	11	11	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	8	9	12	10	15	15	14	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	13	10	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 NW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	6	11	11	12	12	11	12	5	6	10	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	4	12	11	17	11	7	13	12	11	11	15	9	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	2381	1927	1670	1504	2167	1871	1604	1465	1232	1213	1079	1371	1162	708	589	708	621	330	247	205	256	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:15PM 1.87				10:44AM 1.92				10:58PM 1.93				11:24AM 1.94				11:35PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)				4:28AM 0.38				4:54PM 0.45					6:11AM 0.37				6:32PM 0.46			5:52AM 0.35	6:50AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	7	7	8	9	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	11	13	11	11	12	12	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	7	7	6	6	8	8	10	9	8	6	8	8	9	10	12	9	9	10	10	10	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	13	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	5	5

	Thursday 28	Friday 29
	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	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	6209	5968	2381	2119	2090	1927	1927	1772	1670	4260	4052	1504	1351	1283	2167	2070	1899	1871	1843	1628	1604	1604
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					10:15PM 1.87												10:44AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	7	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-