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 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29
	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	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	5	0	3	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	13	12	14	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	12
Energy	3867	2437	5660	5730	3740	2392	1453	946	732	2752	1225	1621	2067	3586	1391	1483	1546	1670	2634	1699	1250	857
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:15AM 1.96		6:01PM 1.90	7:51AM 2.24		7:04PM 1.86	7:26AM 1.87		7:57PM 1.81	8:25AM 1.86		8:53PM 1.86	10:23AM 2.01		10:56PM 2.27	9:58AM 1.85		10:19PM 1.91	10:44AM 1.92		10:58PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	11:00PM 0.44	11:41AM 0.31		12:12AM 0.48		12:46PM 0.36	1:16AM 0.48		1:46PM 0.40	2:08AM 0.46		2:41PM 0.42		4:05AM 0.41	3:29PM 0.43		3:46AM 0.41	4:07PM 0.44		4:34AM 0.38	4:54PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	3	2	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	10	8	9	9	11	13	11	8	9	8	12	13	12	13	13	12	9	9	8
Low °C	9	11	10	7	7	9	9	9	12	10	8	8	7	9	12	12	12	12	10	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	10	8	9	8	10	12	10	6	7	7	9	12	10	12	12	12	7	7	5
Sunrise	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.1 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 W	1.2 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	24	14	16	16	14	13	13	7	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	-	1.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	12	-	16	15	15	10	14	15	-	-	15	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	0	2	3	4	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Energy	2979	3867	3124	3864	2437	4247	5660	2702	6196	5730	4877	4285	3740	2736	2392	1019	1752	1453	1312	1258	946	727
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:10AM 1.93					6:01PM 1.90				7:51AM 2.24				8:23PM 2.21				7:26AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 0.44				11:41AM 0.31					1:37AM 0.61				12:46PM 0.36				1:16AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	11
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	11	10	9	9	9	10	9	8	7	6	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	24	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.3 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	-	13	13	12	-	22	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	14	13	13	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22					Saturday 23
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	0	2	3	4	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14
Energy	535	615	2979	2910	3936	3867	3916	3916	3124	3051	3888	3864	2465	2326	2437	2437	3031	4247	4916	5465	5660	5775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	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- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												5:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)					11:00PM 0.44													11:41AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	-	24	24	24	13	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	-	-	-	-	22	22	22	22	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	12	13	14	14	14