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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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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	Sun	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24
	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	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	0.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	12	8	-	12	-	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	14	13	16	15
Energy(?)	1020	593	2088	926	0	2314	0	54	1456	1250	1160	1441	2948	1948	2968	2079	804	1557	1751	1725	1914	1882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:22AM 1.84		7:47PM 1.85	8:38AM 1.87		8:58PM 1.91	10:56AM 2.32		9:59PM 2.00	10:39AM 2.02		10:46PM 2.05		12:39PM 2.41	12:55AM 2.42		12:07PM 2.12	12:18AM 2.18		2:03PM 2.44	2:16AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)	12:54AM 0.45		1:39PM 0.59	2:16AM 0.43		4:15PM 0.65		4:42AM 0.47	3:53PM 0.47		4:21AM 0.25	4:45PM 0.38		6:29AM 0.28		6:54PM 0.37	7:15AM 0.23		6:12PM 0.23	7:30AM 0.07		8:16PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	14	3	4	15	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	12	10
Low °C	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	8	11	6
Chill °C (?)	6	6	5	2	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	10
Sunrise	-	7:45	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 WSW	0.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	13	12	15	12	12	16	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	-	0.6 W	-	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	14	-	18	21	20	18	16	16	-	-	13	-	-	16	-	-	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 WSW	2.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	1.6 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	8	8	-	12	14	-	-	16	-	-	16	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 W	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	-	0.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	12	11	-	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	18
Energy(?)	1185	1020	2756	807	593	851	444	700	1785	1940	2586	2929	1191	0	37	943	843	2789	2528	4864	54	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:26PM 1.81				7:22AM 1.84				7:47PM 1.85				8:33AM 1.83	9:56AM 2.28								10:56AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)			1:01AM 0.45				1:39PM 0.59	3:05PM 0.71			2:16AM 0.43					4:15PM 0.65				4:21AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	4	4	4	2	1	-	3	6	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	7	8	10	10	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	5	6	5	5	6	5	3	2	1	1	2	2	5	6	4	6	7	7	6	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.8 W	-	3.5 WSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	-	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 W	0.6 W	-	-	0.9 SW	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	13	4	13	4	15	14	-	-	12	-	9	9	9	16	16	19	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SE	0.6 SSE	-	0.3 WSW	-	1.5 W	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	13	-	12	12	10	11	8	-	8	12	12	12	12	-	8	14	14

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	4	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1281	1232	3835	1154	1048	1818	1006	1581	2756	2383	2325	2097	693	11	46	1021	863	1594	1420	797	3	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:26PM 1.81														8:49AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)																						3:05PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	6	7	6	6	5	4	5	4	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	5	6	5	6	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	4	-	-	12	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	13	13	13	-	-	3	13	13