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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 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	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	10	12	9	8	11	13	7	12	12	12	11
Energy	1213	1162	524	282	262	205	295	297	260	209	255	86	450	340	276	288	269	689	376	286	285	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:58PM 1.93			11:35PM 1.95		1:22PM 2.32	12:13AM 1.96		12:42PM 1.96	12:51AM 1.95		1:17PM 1.90	1:31AM 1.92		2:02PM 1.90	2:11AM 1.88		3:54PM 1.96		4:04AM 1.90	4:37PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		6:11AM 0.37	5:33PM 0.46		6:50AM 0.37		6:12PM 0.47	6:31AM 0.35		6:50PM 0.49	8:10AM 0.40		7:30PM 0.52	7:50AM 0.40		8:10PM 0.55	8:31AM 0.43		9:58PM 0.62	10:18AM 0.52		9:34PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	10	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	5
High °C	8	11	13	13	15	15	13	12	12	11	13	13	12	11	12	10	12	13	14	13	12	11
Low °C	8	10	12	12	15	14	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	11	9	10	13	13	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	8	10	12	11	14	15	12	12	12	10	12	13	11	11	12	8	10	12	13	13	11	8
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.9 SW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	10	12	9	8	10	13	7	8	8	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.6 WNW	0.1 E	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 W	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 W
Period (s)	10	9	9	6	12	8	8	7	8	7	11	13	11	11	11	11	9	12	12	12	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 W	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	1.7 ENE	-	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	-	6	-	-	-	6	5	7	-	-	3	4	7	-	7	7	-

	Fri	Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	1232	1213	1079	1350	1162	1001	524	656	330	282	209	268	262	254	205	328	433	295	71	102	297	381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:58PM 1.93								11:35PM 1.95					1:22PM 2.32				12:13AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)					6:11AM 0.37								6:50AM 0.37				7:38PM 0.73				6:31AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	9	6	3
Temp. °C	8	8	8	9	10	11	13	11	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	7	6	7	9	10	12	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	15	13	12	12	12	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	7	8	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	6	14	12	12	12	8	4	14	8	5	14	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	-	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	3	4	4	5	6	-	12	12	6	-	-	-	-

	Friday 29	Saturday 30
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons 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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1443	1437	1232	1232	1213	1213	1194	1096	1079	1014	1483	1350	1258	1256	1162	1079	720	1001	589	589	524	524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					10:58PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)													6:11AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 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	0.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-