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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	Mon	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	1	0	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.8 S	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	14	10	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	46	61	40	116	208	3234	2653	1273	2402	1989	2103	3091	1865	2136	597	2123	1747	2064	2000	190	703	995
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:23PM 1.92	11:38AM 1.93		12:00AM 1.95	12:13PM 1.96		12:37AM 1.98	12:48PM 1.98	2:10PM 2.29	1:09AM 1.96		1:23PM 1.98	1:51AM 1.98		2:00PM 1.95	2:24AM 1.90		3:58PM 2.15	3:10AM 1.88		3:18PM 1.85	3:52AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33AM 0.40	6:48PM 0.35		6:10AM 0.40	6:28PM 0.33		6:46AM 0.41			8:49AM 0.74		7:40PM 0.34	9:17AM 0.48		8:12PM 0.37	8:38AM 0.53		8:57PM 0.42	9:18AM 0.58		9:38PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	16	13	16	16	12	20	21	17	11	12	11	12	16	11	11	11	10	11	12	9
Low °C	14	14	15	10	14	15	11	17	19	11	11	12	10	11	15	9	11	10	8	10	11	8
Chill °C (?)	16	18	15	12	16	15	12	20	21	16	8	9	8	10	15	8	8	8	7	9	10	7
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.3 S	2.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	13	14	13	13	14	13	-	-	16	14	13	-	-	-	-	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 NE	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	11	4	12	10	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	-	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	13	14	15	-	14	13	12	12	12	12	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	4	1	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	0.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	10	11	12	5	6	7	7	10	8	11	11	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	67	46	320	65	61	147	275	462	241	239	397	832	1208	42	639	604	3180	2653	2433	2224	2059	2035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:23PM 1.92				11:38AM 1.93				11:55PM 1.92	1:17AM 2.32											12:48PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)				5:33AM 0.40				5:52PM 0.35	7:13PM 0.64			6:10AM 0.40				6:22PM 0.33				6:46AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	14	18	14	15	15	13	10	10	11	13	16	16	18	12	12	11	11	16	20
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	12	18	13	13	13	12	8	8	10	12	16	15	18	12	12	10	10	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.5 NW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.2 W	0.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	12	11	8	-	10	14	10	12	8	11	11	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NE	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	11	11	8	4	-	-	12	15	10	11	10	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 ENE	0.7 NE	-	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	10	4	-	5	6	7	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 17	Tuesday 18
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	4	1	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.6 W	-	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	13	11	11	11	11	11	16	11	11	11	16	14	14	5	-	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	65	67	200	67	46	46	46	46	35	21	126	65	65	8	49	29	208	0	178	222	275	293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:23PM 1.92												11:38AM 1.93	12:57PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	18	14	14	14	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	14	18	13	13	12	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	1.6 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	13	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	11	11	11	12	14	14	-	-	-	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.0 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 E	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	13	10	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	10	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	6	6