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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	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	4	5	0	4	4	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	3	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	12	12	11	11	9	11	11	16	13	11	11
Energy(?)	1786	448	2012	1848	3771	1820	1027	764	459	792	1028	9130	3309	2457	1635	2	1456	1084	464	2449	2151	2081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	on	off	off	on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:30AM 1.96		12:32AM 2.43	11:34AM 2.11		12:14AM 2.15	12:27PM 2.21		12:58AM 2.17		1:11PM 2.24	1:44AM 2.19		2:01PM 2.30	2:27AM 2.17		2:44PM 2.26	3:13AM 2.15		3:27PM 2.17	3:52AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		6:21PM 0.37		5:28AM 0.37	5:56PM 0.11		6:21AM 0.26	6:42PM 0.02		7:04AM 0.19		7:30PM -0.03	7:55AM 0.13		8:14PM -0.03	8:32AM 0.14		9:02PM 0.02	9:20AM 0.18		9:43PM 0.13	10:01AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	6	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6
High °C	13	17	12	17	18	15	15	18	17	16	11	11	13	16	13	15	17	15	20	20	18	13
Low °C	12	16	8	13	16	11	13	18	14	13	11	11	12	15	11	12	17	12	16	20	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	16	10	16	18	14	14	18	16	16	8	8	11	15	11	14	16	15	20	20	18	11
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	9:25	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	-	0.9 SW	-	1.2 SW	-	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	1.5 W	-	2.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	11	-	9	-	14	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	-	11	16	13	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	-	0.5 SW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	12	-	12	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	20	12	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.5 NNW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	2.2 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	12	11	-	-	3	11	8	12	12	11	11	-	11	-	-	-	11	11

	Friday 30							Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	5	5	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	587	709	692	1198	1459	1718	1655	2012	2190	1932	3184	3397	2181	2353	3457	2263	1574	1220	1027	954	764	686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:34AM 1.99				11:14PM 2.01				11:29AM 2.07				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				6:48PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	12	13	13	13	12	9	8	8	14	18	17	16	14	12	12	11	15	13	18	18
Chill °C (?)	7	7	10	11	10	10	9	8	6	6	14	18	16	14	13	11	11	10	14	12	18	18
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	9	9	13	14	14	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	5	5	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2961	938	861	2207	2254	2059	1957	461	409	409	2171	2134	1324	1348	448	494	1593	1718	1718	1718	1655	1684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										10:30AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)				4:28AM 0.47												4:53PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	12	14	15	16	13	13	17	17	13	13	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	8	7	7	8	11	12	14	14	15	10	10	16	16	10	10	10	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11