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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Southland Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Sat		Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Sat
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	5	4	4	3	1	4	5	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 E	0.8 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	21	19	16	15	15	16
Energy(?)	3846	204	1984	2499	1750	1997	1413	892	361	253	5652	2759	1815	1180	396	429	777	1515	4266	4208	2919	3612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:18AM 2.05		2:55PM 2.15			2:30PM 2.02	2:41AM 2.06		3:13PM 2.00		3:27AM 2.03	4:00PM 1.97		4:18AM 1.99	4:51PM 1.93	6:15PM 2.27	5:14AM 1.94	5:47PM 1.90		6:18AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		7:15PM 0.38	8:35AM 0.22		8:56PM 0.37	8:18AM 0.18		8:37PM 0.34	9:01AM 0.19		9:21PM 0.34	9:47AM 0.23		10:10PM 0.36	10:38AM 0.29		12:40AM 0.56	11:35AM 0.37		12:05AM 0.41		12:39PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	12	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	9	10	8	9	10	8	8	8	7	8	9	7	9	9	7	7	9	8	10	12
Low °C	12	8	8	9	8	8	9	7	7	7	6	7	8	5	5	8	5	4	8	6	7	10
Chill °C (?)	9	7	8	9	7	8	10	6	6	6	5	6	8	5	9	6	6	5	6	5	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	5:16	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	0.8 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	0.2 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	11	22	12	12	12	12	19	11	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	10	17	16	11	11	10	11	18	6	-	-	20	11	24	21	-	-	-	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 E	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	13	12	-	-	5	5	-	16	-	-	-

	Saturday 12			Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.5 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	12	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	330	585	2143	2035	2035	1115	1984	2659	2499	2534	1893	1750	2709	2446	1997	1809	1413	1190	998	892	781	643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:24AM 2.13				1:49PM 2.03				1:58AM 2.06								2:41AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)			8:16PM 0.40				7:37AM 0.20				7:55PM 0.35				8:18AM 0.18				8:37PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	11	11	10	8	8	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	9	10	9	8	7	8	8
Chill °C (?)	10	8	10	10	9	6	7	8	9	8	7	6	6	8	5	8	9	8	6	4	5	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.5 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	12	12	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.2 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	14	15	14	13	13	13	10	11	17	17	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3