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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	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	4	0	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	-	12	12	20	15	16	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	17	15	14
Energy(?)	596	1209	2503	0	3176	965	157	1456	1299	2967	2589	3156	2120	3170	2219	1805	2140	1605	1192	2250	1960	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:47PM 1.85	9:56AM 2.28		8:58PM 1.91	9:44AM 1.94		9:59PM 2.00	10:39AM 2.02		10:51PM 2.09		12:39PM 2.41	11:37PM 2.15		12:07PM 2.12	1:37AM 2.45		2:03PM 2.44	2:16AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)		1:39PM 0.59	2:16AM 0.43	3:38AM 0.56	2:51PM 0.56		3:24AM 0.34	3:53PM 0.47		4:21AM 0.25	4:45PM 0.38		6:29AM 0.28			5:55AM 0.10		7:36PM 0.34	7:57AM 0.24		8:16PM 0.35	8:37AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	5	8	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	10	10	12	10	10
Low °C	7	6	6	6	8	9	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	11	9	9	11	9	8	11	7	7
Chill °C (?)	5	6	2	5	5	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	12	8	8
Sunrise	7:45	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	0.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	15	12	12	9	20	15	16	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	17	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	18	16	8	18	16	16	-	-	16	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	3.5 SW	0.2 SSE	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	4	11	8	12	12	14	-	16	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 S	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	18	17
Energy(?)	2847	2093	1848	850	489	1094	2336	2503	2816	3133	2935	2468	36	2845	2631	3067	4376	1807	1497	1875	322	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:22AM 1.84				7:47PM 1.85				8:38AM 1.87				8:58PM 1.91					10:56AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 0.45				1:39PM 0.59				2:16AM 0.43					4:15PM 0.65				4:42AM 0.47				5:16PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	4	2	2	-	5	4	1	2	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	7	8	9	6	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	5	6	6	6	6	2	2	2	1	2	3	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	13	15	15	-	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	8	20	8	8	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	18	-	16	16	16	8	15	14	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SE	-	0.3 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	-	13	4	5	12	11	11	8	8	9	12	12	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	14

	Monday 18
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3127	3083	2847	1380	766	2093	2062	1882	1848	1848	1682	1594	0	1398	1209	1211	1092	792	792	1081	1039	1098
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								7:22AM 1.84														9:17PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)		1:01AM 0.45
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	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	1	-
High °C	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	6	7	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	4	3	2	3	2	3	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	12	4	4	4	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	13	4	4	4	4	12	12	12	12	12