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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	Fri		Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	20	18	16	15	14	6	8	8	7
Energy(?)	1857	1646	2558	4331	2154	387	1244	876	281	271	577	435	467	673	639	2360	975	483	441	1029	827	137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 1.72	10:58AM 1.74		11:37PM 1.82	11:45AM 1.88		1:25AM 2.23	12:23PM 1.99	1:38PM 2.24	12:47AM 1.97	1:00PM 2.09		1:27AM 2.08		2:54PM 2.39	1:58AM 2.09		2:14PM 2.20	2:39AM 2.14		2:53PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)			4:54AM 0.68	5:23PM 0.50		5:44AM 0.57	6:04PM 0.37	7:20PM 0.50	6:22AM 0.45			6:58AM 0.34		7:18PM 0.14	7:33AM 0.25		7:48PM 0.08	8:09AM 0.19		8:31PM 0.06	8:47AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
High °C	15	13	13	14	12	14	14	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	13	13	15	16	13	14	17
Low °C	14	10	10	13	9	12	13	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	14	11	13	16
Chill °C (?)	13	11	12	12	11	13	13	9	12	11	10	12	12	12	16	12	13	13	14	10	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	9:06	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	11	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	18	16	15	14	8	8	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 S	1.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	16	-	-	-	12	21	20	18	12	16	15	14	20	6	10	9	6	-	-	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	8	7

	Friday 13			Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 S	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	11	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	22	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1857	1237	486	1646	1910	2628	2558	4206	4331	40	487	2154	1916	1620	1468	21	389	339	964	876	754	797
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-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)				10:52PM 1.72				12:18PM 2.09				11:37PM 1.82				1:00PM 2.16				12:16AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)						5:01AM 0.68				6:38PM 0.62				5:44AM 0.57				6:04PM 0.37				6:22AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	12	11	10	10	10	13	14	14	11	11	10	9	12	14	15	13	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	10	8	9	8	12	12	13	11	11	10	9	12	14	14	12	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	11	15	15	14	14	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	12	16	16	-	-	-	-	14	13	-	24	23	22	22	12	11	20	20	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	8	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13	Saturday 14
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	3.0 W	0.9 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.2 S	1.5 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	12	10	10	9	10	10	11	12	8	11	11	11	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1458	1857	255	1572	1394	1237	1273	1541	1534	11	541	1646	1734	1854	1910	5	435	379	2593	2558	2558	2725
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	11	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	10	10	10	8	9	8	7	9	9	8	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	9	9	9	9	15	15	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	3.0 W	0.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 W	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	10	3	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-