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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	Mon		Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Mon
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	2	2	3	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	5	5	5	2	4	0	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	2.4 W	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	12	7	10	10	10	7	9	10	11	13	14	14	13	12	13	12	11
Energy(?)	1813	785	302	525	716	221	530	213	50	70	308	1012	1347	1413	3253	4063	686	381	2043	701	2235	1045
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:52AM 1.82		5:15PM 1.85		5:50AM 1.86	4:48PM 1.74		5:28AM 1.72	5:40PM 1.72		6:23AM 1.71		7:48PM 1.82	8:27AM 1.87		7:34PM 1.75	9:39AM 2.21		10:04PM 2.28	9:15AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		9:38PM 0.47	10:00AM 0.63		11:30PM 0.57	11:58AM 0.70		12:20AM 0.58	11:37AM 0.68		12:06AM 0.53	12:35PM 0.66	1:46PM 0.68	2:12AM 0.52		1:35PM 0.60	1:58AM 0.43		2:34PM 0.50			3:31PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	11	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	6	2	1	-
High °C	10	8	14	15	13	16	17	15	16	17	16	14	15	12	13	16	13	13	13	10	13	14
Low °C	10	6	11	13	11	15	17	13	13	17	10	12	15	10	12	16	12	13	10	10	12	14
Chill °C (?)	7	8	13	14	11	16	16	14	15	16	16	12	13	10	11	16	12	12	11	7	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	-	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	2.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	12	8	7	10	10	7	13	-	11	13	14	14	13	12	13	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 NW	-	0.8 SW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	12	13	-	10	7	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	14	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.2 NNE	2.4 W	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.7 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	4	2	7	-	-	6	7	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11

	Monday 24			Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26								Thursday 27
	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	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 W	1.3 W	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	7	7	10	10	10
Energy(?)	500	483	927	1265	1168	1074	627	924	247	226	462	425	859	860	624	320	153	220	308	213	130	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						5:04AM 1.92				4:01PM 1.79				5:50AM 1.86				6:15PM 2.03				5:28AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			9:38PM 0.47	10:43PM 0.53			10:00AM 0.63	11:09AM 0.67				10:23PM 0.51				10:46AM 0.66				12:45AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	10	10	8	8	8	8	11	12	15	13	12	12	12	13	14	16	18	17	15	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	7	6	10	10	14	12	12	11	11	11	12	16	18	16	14	13	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	1.3 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	9	7	7	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 W	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	7	11	10	12	13	17	-	11	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	0.3 N	0.4 WSW	1.5 W	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	7	5	3	2	7	-	-	3	3

	Monday 24	Tuesday 25
	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	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	500	500	1063	1782	1692	1568	944	1541	414	414	851	785	1243	1243	1168	702	313	248	638	638	627	627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)									9:38PM 0.47												10:00AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	5	7	8	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	7	5	4	8	7	7	3	4	2	5	6	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	12	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-