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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	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sun
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	0	4	3	3	4	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	4391	4204	7754	1493	518	871	737	1132	2602	2409	4172	515	4282	3148	4072	4232	4836	2067	536	2044	790	476
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 1.78		4:10AM 1.76	4:21PM 1.72		5:00AM 1.68	5:07PM 1.62		7:35AM 1.62	6:15PM 1.61		7:05AM 1.62		7:22PM 1.64	9:20AM 2.06		8:24PM 1.72	9:05AM 1.78		9:21PM 1.86	9:55AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			11:23PM 0.77	10:19AM 0.70		10:44PM 0.63	11:11AM 0.77		11:33PM 0.66			12:45AM 0.67		1:20PM 0.77	1:51AM 0.60		2:15PM 0.67	2:50AM 0.48		3:17PM 0.54	3:43AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	3	8	1	2	6	2	3	7	-	-	-	1	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	6	6	5	4	8	9	6	10	10	8	12	12	10	11	13	11	17	14	13	15
Low °C	8	8	3	5	4	4	6	7	5	8	9	8	11	10	9	11	12	7	13	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	6	5	1	3	2	1	4	5	2	6	8	5	9	9	6	8	11	8	17	12	12	13
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 W	-	1.5 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	1.9 SW	-	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	8	11	7	18	-	10	-	12	12	12	13	14	-	12	-	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 W	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	10	10	-	-	16	-	12	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	22	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	5.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.3 NW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	7	10	10	10	10	11	12	2	11	11	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26					Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	3	1	3	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.2 SW	5.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.8 S	1.3 W	0.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10
Energy(?)	4391	982	4204	595	6507	5468	3618	3212	1493	112	518	126	692	871	602	317	1160	891	1132	1062	1197	1552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	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	low
High Tide / height (m)								4:04AM 1.73				4:21PM 1.72				6:21AM 2.05				5:13PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	9:36AM 0.61				9:56PM 0.55					11:51AM 0.71				10:44PM 0.63				11:11AM 0.77				11:40PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	2	4	1	-	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	3	2	2
Temp. °C	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	3	5	7	5	4	5	4	4	5	6	8	9	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	4	6	6	4	1	2	2	0	3	5	2	1	2	0	0	2	3	4	5	3	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	8	8	8	11	11	5	7	12	7	9	16	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 SW	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 S	1.3 W	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	12	-	-	-	9	11	11	10	8	9	10	17	10	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	-	2.2 W	0.3 NW	5.5 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	-	13	2	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10

	Sunday 26	Monday 27
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	3	1	3	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 WNW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	5.5 W	3.5 W	1.6 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	4691	7551	4391	6885	7886	5273	4841	743	743	145	610	595	595	1086	6507	2739	1071	5468	4932	4107	3618	3208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:31PM 1.78													4:10AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)															9:56PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	11	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	4	4	8	4	4	4	3	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 S	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	12	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	12	12	12	-	10	12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 SW	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.7 WSW	5.5 W	3.5 W	-	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	12	2	2	2	12	11	11	-	11	11	11	11	11