Southland Surf

Southland Surf Forecast

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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	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	20
Energy	136	276	215	207	243	307	348	383	250	329	238	299	243	243	232	163	234	292	158	326	504	1132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:13AM 1.96		12:42PM 1.96	12:51AM 1.95		1:22PM 1.94	1:31AM 1.92		2:02PM 1.90	2:11AM 1.88		2:44PM 1.84		4:04AM 1.90	3:26PM 1.79		3:35AM 1.78	5:23PM 2.07		4:15AM 1.72	4:53PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		6:12PM 0.47	6:31AM 0.35		6:50PM 0.49	7:10AM 0.37		7:30PM 0.52	7:50AM 0.40		8:10PM 0.55	8:31AM 0.43		10:11PM 0.76	10:18AM 0.52		9:34PM 0.62	9:57AM 0.50		10:19PM 0.64	10:38AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	9	3	2	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	5	-	4	5	-	-
High °C	16	14	13	14	13	12	13	11	12	13	11	13	14	12	13	12	10	9	10	9	9	9
Low °C	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	12	10	11	14	12	12	11	9	9	9	8	7	9
Chill °C (?)	16	14	12	14	13	10	13	10	11	12	9	12	13	10	12	10	7	6	7	4	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:26	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	7	6	11	11	13	13	13	9	12	11	11	10	24	22	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.5 W	-	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.8 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	6	6	5	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	-	11	10	12	6	12	11	10	9	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	3	7	3	-	3	-	-	11	8	8	9

	Sunday 31			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	6	11	11	11
Energy	136	236	257	276	84	281	215	210	207	230	204	243	138	573	307	101	348	402	215	383	355	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					12:08AM 1.93				12:42PM 1.96				12:46AM 1.92				1:22PM 1.94				1:31AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			6:12PM 0.47				6:31AM 0.35				6:50PM 0.49				7:10AM 0.37				7:24PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	7	1	2	2	-	1	1	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	10	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	14	14	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	10	13	13	12	9	9	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.5 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	12	12	6	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	13	12	12	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	7	12	6	12	6	6	5	5	11	11	11	11	9	11	5	11	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.8 W	1.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	5	5	-	6	6	-	-	-

	Sunday 31	Monday 01
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	237	259	136	76	157	236	236	256	257	257	278	276	270	84	84	287	281	281	271	269	215	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													12:13AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)																			6:31AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	4	2	1	-	-	1
High °C	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	12	12	7	6	7	7	7	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3