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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	Sat	Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	0	0	3	3	4	3	0	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 W	1.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	6	9	9	10	10	13	14	14
Energy(?)	2008	2027	2360	680	554	1692	785	261	570	475	680	306	137	102	229	333	1165	1549	1436	480	3955	3985
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:30AM 1.94		2:38PM 1.91			3:18PM 1.85	3:52AM 1.82		4:01PM 1.79		5:57AM 2.09	6:15PM 2.03		5:28AM 1.72	5:40PM 1.72		6:23AM 1.71		7:48PM 1.82	8:27AM 1.87		7:40PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		8:31AM 0.52		10:22PM 0.68	9:18AM 0.58		9:38PM 0.47	10:00AM 0.63		10:23PM 0.51	12:15PM 0.77		11:05PM 0.53	11:37AM 0.68		12:06AM 0.53	12:35PM 0.66	1:46PM 0.68	2:12AM 0.52		1:35PM 0.60	2:05AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	18	3	-	-	1	1	2
High °C	12	12	12	9	10	10	8	15	15	13	18	18	16	18	18	16	13	14	12	12	13	11
Low °C	9	12	11	7	9	9	6	12	13	11	15	17	14	15	18	10	10	14	8	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	6	8	7	7	14	14	12	18	18	15	17	17	16	10	12	10	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.3 WSW	2.5 W	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	6	10	10	-	12	10	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	12	12	13	10	10	15	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	1.1 E	0.3 N	-	0.5 NE	1.5 W	1.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	3	-	3	6	9	9	10	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 23								Monday 24								Tuesday 25
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2499	2469	2601	904	2027	2380	2360	1999	2631	2417	94	718	554	508	500	421	851	1243	1093	1005	582	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:30AM 1.94				2:38PM 1.91					4:30AM 2.18			3:18PM 1.85					5:04AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	8:18PM 0.37				8:38AM 0.53				8:57PM 0.42				9:11AM 0.57				9:38PM 0.47	10:43PM 0.53			10:00AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	11	14
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	6	10	9	9	8	7	6	5	7	10	8	8	8	7	8	6	5	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	12	13	-	-	-	-	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 22	Sunday 23
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.7 W	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	12	12
Energy(?)	2415	463	2499	1640	2165	2008	2008	1674	2601	2586	19	904	413	3030	3071	3310	2173	12	12	12	2360	706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								2:30AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		8:12PM 0.37												8:38AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	8	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	9	9	10	9	9	6	6	6	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	12	-	-	-	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	9	9	9	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	15	15	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12