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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	Tue	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	2	1	0	2	4	0	5	4	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	1.3 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	9	11	20	7	11	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	722	624	516	82	158	95	345	1391	2750	3051	577	4801	2345	2452	2039	830	707	596	629	589	615	472
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:52PM 2.29		1:16PM 2.38	12:41AM 2.37		1:01PM 2.32	1:32AM 2.38		1:50PM 2.32	3:49AM 2.64		4:09PM 2.54	3:15AM 2.19		3:36PM 2.17		4:13AM 2.06	4:30PM 2.02		5:23AM 1.97	5:42PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		7:05AM 0.01			6:56AM 0.02		7:18PM -0.09	7:45AM 0.07		9:39PM 0.22	10:09AM 0.38		8:56PM 0.01	9:30AM 0.27		9:59PM 0.12	10:23AM 0.39		11:02PM 0.24	11:33AM 0.49		12:04AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	3	2	11	9	2	3
High °C	11	18	19	14	14	17	12	17	17	14	19	18	15	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	13
Low °C	10	14	18	11	14	16	9	13	16	12	16	18	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	18	19	14	14	16	10	16	16	13	18	17	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.3 S	0.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	7	9	10	11	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 NW	0.5 E	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	21	8	11	11	20	18	16	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	10	6	9	9	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.3 W	-	2.5 W	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	-	5	7	-	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	3	-	9	-	-	-	3

	Tue	Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.9 W	0.2 SSW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	7	5	6	19	7	7	8	11	12
Energy(?)	787	1229	1229	615	624	520	510	335	259	290	211	220	62	222	144	240	58	249	361	743	1391	2501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:52AM 2.41				12:14PM 2.27					2:00AM 2.70				1:01PM 2.32				1:32AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)				6:08AM 0.03				6:29PM -0.04									7:12PM -0.08				7:45AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	8	9	10	14	18	20	19	16	14	13	11	15	14	13	14	12	9	9	9	13	17
Chill °C (?)	9	6	7	8	14	18	20	19	16	14	12	10	15	12	10	12	11	7	7	7	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 S	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 W	1.7 W	2.2 W	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	9	9	6	6	7	8	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	-	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	21	9	8	8	10	12	12	11	10	13	-	-	19	18	10	13	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	3.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	7	5	6	6	7	-	-	-	12

	Tuesday 04	Wednesday 05
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	771	731	731	816	802	722	722	710	756	698	615	615	255	624	624	558	244	212	520	519	510	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:52PM 2.29													12:10PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	13	13	14	16	18	18	19	19	20	22
Chill °C (?)	11	6	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	9	8	12	12	14	16	18	18	19	19	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	12	12	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	21	21	21	13	13	9	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-