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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	Fri		Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Fri
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	0	4	5	0	0	3	0	4	4	2	3	3	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	11	11
Energy(?)	1727	1673	1969	562	2413	1993	2613	938	554	1692	1288	313	534	746	377	332	180	129	85	2741	5404	830
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:51AM 1.98		1:55PM 1.92	2:24AM 1.90		3:58PM 2.15	3:10AM 1.88		3:18PM 1.85	3:52AM 1.82		4:01PM 1.79		4:31AM 1.73	4:48PM 1.74		5:28AM 1.72	5:40PM 1.72		6:23AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		7:40PM 0.34	8:00AM 0.48		8:12PM 0.37	10:03AM 0.77		8:57PM 0.42	9:18AM 0.58		9:38PM 0.47	9:53AM 0.62		10:16PM 0.50	10:39AM 0.65		11:11PM 0.53	11:37AM 0.68		12:06AM 0.53	12:35PM 0.66	2:04PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	15	3	1
High °C	14	11	13	16	11	12	12	10	11	9	8	13	15	12	18	19	16	16	18	16	12	11
Low °C	13	9	11	15	8	12	10	9	10	9	7	11	13	11	14	17	15	16	17	9	8	11
Chill °C (?)	13	8	11	15	9	10	9	7	9	6	6	12	14	10	18	19	16	15	18	16	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.3 S	2.2 WSW	-	0.9 SW	-	-	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	-	-	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	14	-	13	-	-	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	6	10	-	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.4 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	-	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	18	10	-	-	13	-	-	6	-	9	9	-	-	12	7	17	6	10	6	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.8 E	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.4 E	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	15	-	13	13	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	2	-	-	3	9	11	4

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	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	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland
Rating	0	0	0	5	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	2345	2840	2861	3044	535	1269	1096	2990	2248	2587	2415	2413	2629	2054	3188	2341	2613	2135	2825	2637	680	94
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:46AM 1.94				2:00PM 1.95				2:30AM 1.94				2:38PM 1.91				3:10AM 1.88	4:30AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)			7:40PM 0.34				9:26AM 0.76				8:18PM 0.37				8:31AM 0.52				8:57PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	8	7	9	12	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	6	5	7	11	11	10	9	9	7	7	8	11	9	9	7	7	7	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	15	14	14	13	-	-	-	13	12	12	13	-	-	-	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	13	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	0.4 W	0.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	-	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	12

	Friday 21	Saturday 22
	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	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland
Rating	0	0	0	5	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	-
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	12	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	-
Energy(?)	2821	4004	2345	1747	593	1989	2032	2786	2861	2581	2547	3044	2449	3006	535	3491	3491	2167	2167	1997	513	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													1:51AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)																			8:00AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	11	7	7	9	8	8	9	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	9	9	8	8	6	9	5	5	7	6	6	7	8	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W
Period (s)	13	13	-	15	15	17	17	-	-	-	-	15	-	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	18	18	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	1.8 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	12	5	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	14