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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	Fri		Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	5	0	3	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	12	13	12	14	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13
Energy	634	3210	2437	5826	5730	3740	2392	1453	927	799	2792	1255	2073	2321	2037	1144	1735	4189	4918	4811	1143	1582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:51PM 1.93		5:15AM 1.96		6:01PM 1.90	7:51AM 2.24		7:04PM 1.86	7:26AM 1.87		7:57PM 1.81	9:44AM 2.26		8:53PM 1.86	9:17AM 1.87		9:34PM 1.85	11:19AM 2.32		11:39PM 2.29	10:44AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 0.44	11:41AM 0.31		12:12AM 0.48		12:46PM 0.36	1:16AM 0.48		1:40PM 0.40	2:08AM 0.46	3:34AM 0.64	2:41PM 0.42		3:06AM 0.43	3:23PM 0.43		5:11AM 0.64	4:13PM 0.44		4:34AM 0.38	4:54PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	4	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	10	8	9	9	11	14	11	9	8	7	7	10	10	12	12	11	11	11
Low °C	9	9	11	10	8	7	9	9	9	12	8	8	8	5	5	9	9	10	10	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	11	10	8	9	9	8	9	8	10	14	9	8	8	6	6	10	9	10	10	9	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	5:21	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	0.1 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	24	14	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	1.0 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	15	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	12	-	15	15	15	15	-	13	-	-	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	15	14	-	-

	Friday 22			Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	5	5	5	5	0	2	3	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	634	505	3823	3210	3124	3698	2437	4247	5826	2731	2263	5730	4736	4285	3740	2736	2392	1019	1752	1453	1313	1168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:51PM 1.93				5:10AM 1.93									7:51AM 2.24				8:23PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)				11:00PM 0.44				11:41AM 0.31					1:37AM 0.61				12:46PM 0.36				1:16AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	7	7	8	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	13	12	12	11	24	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.3 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 SW
Period (s)	15	10	-	13	13	12	-	22	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22											Saturday 23
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	5	5	5	5	0	2	3	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1054	689	634	634	623	505	535	3901	3823	3691	3835	3210	3133	3101	3124	2896	3722	3698	3789	2397	2437	2437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					4:51PM 1.93													5:10AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06PM 0.40										11:00PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	11	11	11	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	11	10	10	11	9	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	24	24	24
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12