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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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	2	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	14	15	14	7	13	10	10	10	14	13	13	16	14
Energy(?)	1316	2464	4311	2947	300	851	321	198	100	263	194	150	166	229	811	596	551	382	84	564	1223	1224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 2.33	2:06AM 2.58		2:34PM 2.62	1:31AM 2.25		2:04PM 2.26	2:21AM 2.18		3:00PM 2.15		3:17AM 2.09	4:01PM 2.03		4:20AM 1.98	5:10PM 1.91		5:31AM 1.90		6:24PM 1.85	6:46AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			8:07PM 0.30	7:00AM -0.02		7:26PM 0.11	7:49AM 0.01		8:16PM 0.21	8:42AM 0.10		9:11PM 0.34	9:41AM 0.21		10:13PM 0.46	10:48AM 0.31		11:23PM 0.54		12:01PM 0.38	12:37AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	9	10	12	10	9	10	7	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	10	9	12	12	10	12
Low °C	9	11	8	9	11	9	9	8	7	7	8	7	8	9	8	8	9	7	9	11	9	10
Chill °C (?)	9	11	7	10	11	8	6	7	3	6	6	5	6	7	6	7	8	7	12	11	9	11
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 E	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	14	9	8	7	13	11	10	14	14	13	13	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	18	-	-	8	20	18	12	16	9	15	14	13	8	9	16	9	10	13	18	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	1.6 E	0.7 E	0.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	10	-	10	4	3	-	-	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	2211	2544	1488	2460	3663	4311	4242	3699	2947	2065	1377	210	264	508	600	480	321	264	198	170	194	211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:43PM 2.64				12:45AM 2.27				1:13PM 2.32				1:31AM 2.25				2:04PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)	6:14AM 0.01				8:07PM 0.30				7:00AM -0.02				7:26PM 0.11				7:49AM 0.01				8:16PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	12	11	9	8	8	8	9	10	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	7	7
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	11	8	7	6	6	8	10	11	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	4	3	3
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	12	12	19	18	18	12	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4

	Saturday 18	Sunday 19
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2399	2302	1316	2431	2540	2544	2464	2464	2464	2499	2669	416	459	606	602	602	4007	4311	4373	4436	4242	4242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:25PM 2.33												12:45AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)	6:14AM 0.01												6:40PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	10	11	10	11	11	12	13	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	8	9	8	10	10	11	12	11	11	10	8	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SE	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	12	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-