Southland Surf

Southland Surf Forecast

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 W
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	11	9	10	10	13	12	8	8	9	9	12
Energy	1162	524	282	260	245	265	58	115	246	189	297	681	408	376	326	409	306	779	278	637	765	1281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:35PM 1.95		1:10PM 2.08	12:13AM 1.96		2:01PM 2.29	12:51AM 1.95		1:17PM 1.90	1:31AM 1.92		2:02PM 1.90	2:11AM 1.88		2:44PM 1.84		4:04AM 1.90	4:38PM 2.10		3:35AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33PM 0.46		6:50AM 0.37		6:12PM 0.47	6:25AM 0.35		6:50PM 0.49	7:10AM 0.37		7:30PM 0.52	7:50AM 0.40		8:10PM 0.55	8:31AM 0.43		9:58PM 0.62	10:18AM 0.52		10:54PM 0.76	9:57AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	6	10	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	12	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	14	11	11	12	10	11	12	12	12	13	11	12
Low °C	10	11	11	14	15	13	13	12	11	10	12	8	8	10	9	9	11	11	12	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	12	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	11	14	10	10	11	8	9	10	12	11	12	10	11
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:25
Sunset	-	5:13	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.5 SW	0.8 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	9	10	10	13	12	8	8	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 W	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 W	0.4 W	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	12	-	5	6	11	11	18	17	11	11	9	8	-	12	12	19	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	-	0.8 W	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 W	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 NW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	5	-	2	7	-	-	11	-	-	-	3	3	8	7	9	9	-

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Energy	1079	1350	1162	1001	524	656	332	282	209	304	260	250	245	224	230	265	249	283	58	260	115	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								11:35PM 1.95					1:10PM 2.08				12:13AM 1.96				2:01PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)			6:11AM 0.37								6:50AM 0.37				6:12PM 0.47				6:25AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	4	5	5	1	2
Temp. °C	7	9	10	10	12	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	6	7	8	9	12	10	9	10	10	13	13	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 W	0.1 SE	-	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	14	13	12	12	12	6	8	-	5	6	5	6	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	-	-	0.7 W	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	3	4	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	2	5

	Saturday 30
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1194	1096	1079	1014	1483	1350	1258	1256	1162	1079	1001	1001	589	589	524	524	765	656	656	631	332	332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							6:11AM 0.37												6:32PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	5	8	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	3