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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	Fri	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	2	5	4	4	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	15	14	14	13	11	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	168	172	1712	2112	3451	747	392	180	500	500	903	825	650	189	251	919	830	915	269	797	933	803
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:06AM 2.09		2:26PM 2.08	2:40AM 2.03		3:03PM 2.01	3:15AM 1.95		3:42PM 1.91	3:53AM 1.85		4:24PM 1.80		4:30AM 1.72	5:13PM 1.69		5:21AM 1.62	6:06PM 1.58		6:24AM 1.56		7:16PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		8:18AM 0.21		8:37PM 0.31	8:48AM 0.29		9:13PM 0.42	9:31AM 0.39		9:51PM 0.55	10:12AM 0.51		10:27PM 0.66	10:52AM 0.61		11:18PM 0.76	11:48AM 0.70		12:20AM 0.83	12:55PM 0.73		1:32AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	12	11	11	12	10	12	16	12	15	18	13	15	18	14	13	12	10	12	16	13
Low °C	11	12	12	10	10	12	7	9	14	10	11	14	12	13	15	13	12	11	6	8	15	11
Chill °C (?)	14	10	11	10	9	11	8	10	15	10	14	18	13	15	18	13	11	10	10	10	16	12
Sunrise	-	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	7	13	15	14	14	12	11	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 SW	-	1.6 W	-	0.2 ESE	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	12	-	13	-	4	13	12	-	-	-	7	8	9	9	15	16	9	6	18	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.8 SW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	3	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1431	1584	1966	1452	172	201	298	1195	3058	3170	3456	3768	1121	905	2254	573	504	392	314	246	180	187
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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)			2:06AM 2.09				2:26PM 2.08				2:40AM 2.03				3:03PM 2.01				3:10AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	8:01PM 0.21				8:12AM 0.22				8:37PM 0.31				8:48AM 0.29				9:07PM 0.42				9:25AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	13	12	10	8	8	7	9	12
Chill °C (?)	14	9	9	8	10	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	9	10	12	11	8	6	6	5	7	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	7	7	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	14	8	15	13	-	-	-	-	4	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Friday 03	Saturday 04
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1301	1323	1431	1431	201	168	168	344	1966	1763	1577	1452	175	226	1104	181	243	201	201	298	298	400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								2:06AM 2.09												2:21PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		8:01PM 0.21												8:12AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	2.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	14	-	-	-	-	12	7	11	7	7	7	7	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	14	12	15	13	13	14	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	12	12	11	11	11	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-