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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	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	0	0	3	0	4	4	0	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	0	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	7	9	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1655	1555	794	1786	309	2005	1984	2353	2708	1027	777	451	851	2457	4714	6108	3129	1725	5	1785	1204	401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:15PM 1.95	10:34AM 1.99		11:18PM 2.05	11:29AM 2.07		1:28AM 2.49	12:27PM 2.21		1:03AM 2.21		1:11PM 2.24	1:44AM 2.19		1:56PM 2.26	2:32AM 2.21		2:44PM 2.26	3:07AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 0.36		4:28AM 0.47	4:59PM 0.24		5:22AM 0.37		7:17PM 0.24	6:21AM 0.26	6:48PM 0.01		7:04AM 0.19		7:30PM -0.03	7:49AM 0.14		8:20PM -0.04	8:38AM 0.13		8:57PM 0.03	9:20AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	13	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	17	12	16	17	14	13	17	17	13	12	12	16	16	14	17	19	15	21
Low °C	14	14	9	12	16	8	13	16	10	12	14	16	11	11	12	13	15	11	14	18	12	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	16	10	14	16	12	12	17	16	10	9	9	15	16	13	17	19	15	21
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	2.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	1.6 W	0.1 S	2.2 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	13	11	12	9	11	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	11	11	-	12	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 S	0.7 WSW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	4	13	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	12	12	-	10	-	21	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	0.4 N	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 NW	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	12	12	11	12	-	-	3	7	9	11	12	11	11	3	11	-	-

	Thursday 29					Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	1655	1727	1555	1765	1710	1624	2127	2010	686	1895	1348	1473	2039	2005	1911	2255	2983	2170	2353	2521	3429	2708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:27AM 1.89					10:15PM 1.95				10:34AM 1.99				11:14PM 2.01				11:34AM 2.11				12:14AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)			3:55PM 0.36					5:55AM 0.57				4:59PM 0.24				5:22AM 0.37				5:56PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	13	12	8	10	12	13	13	13	12	9	8	8	14	16	17	16	14	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	12	10	10	6	8	10	11	10	10	10	8	6	6	14	14	16	14	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	2.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	13	11	-	-	9	9	9	9	14	-	-	-	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	11	-	-	-	12	12	12	14	12	-	-	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12

	Thursday 29	Friday 30
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1016	2671	1655	1707	1707	1727	415	1601	1041	1663	1730	1765	800	1226	2662	2691	2770	1624	1542	1542	2127	1570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:27AM 1.89													10:10PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)																						4:28AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	13	14	14	17	14	15	14	14	14	15	13	12	11	10	12	12	11	8	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	12	10	11	11	16	12	13	12	12	12	13	11	10	9	8	10	10	9	6	8
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	12	-	11	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	12	-	-	-	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	15	15	15	15	-	-	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11