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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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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	Thu		Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	12	13	16	15	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1460	2715	1704	2680	2014	1531	1667	1807	2050	2127	1613	1526	1341	1434	1485	2110	2226	1120	983	396	235	855
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:09AM 2.37			11:37PM 2.15		12:07PM 2.12	12:18AM 2.18		2:03PM 2.44	12:57AM 2.17		1:22PM 2.10	1:34AM 2.13		1:57PM 2.05	2:11AM 2.06		2:32PM 1.98	2:48AM 1.96		3:08PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08PM 0.44	6:29AM 0.28	5:25PM 0.29		5:55AM 0.10		6:12PM 0.23	7:57AM 0.24		6:51PM 0.21	7:13AM 0.10		7:28PM 0.22	7:49AM 0.17		8:05PM 0.27	8:25AM 0.27		8:42PM 0.35	9:02AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	9	9	9	10	8	7	10	8	8	9	8	10	12	11	9	12	10	14	16	12	14	14
Low °C	8	7	7	9	5	4	9	6	5	9	6	7	12	7	6	11	8	9	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	7	8	10	7	6	9	7	8	9	7	8	11	9	8	12	9	13	16	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	6:06	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	12	13	16	15	14	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	16	-	17	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	24	21	7	18	-	11	14	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.2 W	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	3	4	-

	Thursday 21			Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1315	1297	1340	1322	2837	3037	3246	2930	1347	1288	2463	2014	1771	1556	1531	1667	1667	1652	1803	1807	2006	1893
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:46PM 2.05				11:26AM 2.08	12:39PM 2.41			11:37PM 2.15					12:07PM 2.12				12:18AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)			6:08PM 0.44			5:11AM 0.16								5:55AM 0.10					6:12PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	9	5	8	7	7	9	10	9	8	7	5	5	4	7	9	10	8	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	4	6	4	4	8	10	8	7	5	3	3	1	6	9	9	7	7	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-
Period (s)	17	16	10	-	-	-	-	-	15	14	18	17	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21	Friday 22
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1251	1299	1315	1460	2651	2685	2685	2720	1340	1356	2715	2715	2874	2837	2837	3037	3037	3037	3246	3246	3246	3162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											10:51PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)					4:45PM 0.38													5:11AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	17	17	17	-	16	16	16	16	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-