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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	Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Mon
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	4	0	0	3	2	1	3	3	0	4	5	0	9	0	0	4	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	2.0 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	3.0 W	1.2 SW	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	12	12	11	12	8	12	12	13	15	13	13	13	14	13	12	11	11	10	9
Energy(?)	249	145	1007	181	1282	698	142	728	278	183	1254	447	2677	492	6008	7256	5163	1530	659	377	284	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:49PM 2.16		5:23AM 1.97	5:42PM 1.94		6:32AM 1.87	6:52PM 1.86		7:35AM 1.78		9:24PM 2.18	8:44AM 1.81		9:04PM 1.82	9:38AM 1.83		9:57PM 1.85	10:23AM 1.86		10:43PM 1.88	12:07PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	10:29AM 0.39		12:33AM 0.44	11:33AM 0.49		12:04AM 0.35	12:43PM 0.55		1:13AM 0.41		1:46PM 0.56	3:40AM 0.58		2:55PM 0.53	3:23AM 0.43		3:48PM 0.48		4:12AM 0.42	4:28PM 0.43		5:51AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	6	26	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	10	12	11	10	18	15	12	13	12	10	16	9	9	12	11	9	15	17	15	19
Low °C	13	10	7	10	11	7	13	14	10	11	12	9	8	9	8	10	11	6	12	17	13	15
Chill °C (?)	14	10	8	10	9	10	18	15	12	13	10	10	15	6	5	10	9	9	15	17	14	19
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	1.2 SW	-	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	7	6	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	15	10	13	-	14	13	12	11	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.2 S	1.2 E	0.7 W	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	19	10	12	-	-	7	8	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	21	20	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 SW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	2.0 ENE	-	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	-	3.0 W	0.7 W	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	12	-	-	8	-	5	13	-	13	4	13	14	13	-	3	4	-	-

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	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	3	1	0	0	4	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9
Energy(?)	509	600	168	635	754	1007	619	679	181	208	347	791	736	698	623	589	477	421	113	99	372	763
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:36PM 2.05				5:23AM 1.97								6:32AM 1.87				6:46PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		11:36AM 0.39				10:56PM 0.24				11:27AM 0.49				12:10AM 0.35				12:43PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	8	14	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	10	10	9	8	8	10	12	12	11	10	8	7	8	13	18	18	16	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	6	7	7	6	6	9	10	11	11	10	6	5	5	12	18	18	16	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	11	8	8	7	10	12	6	12	15	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	18	10	16	16	12	11	12	15	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	12	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	11	10	9	-	-	6	12	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	-

	Monday 10																Tuesday 11
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	3	1	0	0	4	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	10	8
Energy(?)	585	746	249	492	483	152	435	434	145	143	158	641	688	699	754	741	644	621	1003	123	619	29
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										4:30PM 2.02		6:09PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)				10:29AM 0.39													11:02PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	6	7	2	3	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	14	14	14	12	12	10	10	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	6	7
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	18	18	7	7	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	7	12	8	7	8	8	8	19	19	19	7	7	18	18	18	8	8	10	10	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	6