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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	Thu		Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	3	3	4	2	1	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.2 S	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2553	416	24	1850	1673	1969	637	2165	2434	2577	1250	636	1781	1288	319	958	813	206	583	335	149	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:33AM 2.31		1:23PM 1.98	1:51AM 1.98		1:55PM 1.92	3:49AM 2.23		2:38PM 1.91	3:10AM 1.88		3:13PM 1.82	3:52AM 1.82	5:12AM 2.13	4:01PM 1.79		4:37AM 1.76	4:48PM 1.74		5:22AM 1.69	5:34PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		8:28PM 0.65	8:49AM 0.74		7:40PM 0.34	8:00AM 0.48		9:42PM 0.67	10:03AM 0.77		8:57PM 0.42	9:18AM 0.58		9:38PM 0.47	11:27AM 0.77		10:23PM 0.51	10:46AM 0.66		11:05PM 0.53	11:31AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	30	13	2	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	10
High °C	19	15	10	11	11	13	16	12	12	12	10	10	9	8	13	11	11	18	22	16	16	18
Low °C	16	12	10	11	9	11	15	9	12	10	9	10	9	7	10	11	10	17	20	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	19	14	8	9	8	11	15	9	9	9	7	8	6	6	12	10	10	18	22	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.3 S	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 E	0.9 SW	1.2 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	16	14	-	-	-	-	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NW	-	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	-	9	9	10	-	16	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.9 WSW	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	15	-	13	13	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	6	-	-

	Thursday 20			Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.2 S	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	18	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2553	1412	2233	2155	3586	1729	447	1027	40	2445	2616	2322	2639	3302	1119	1958	2283	2767	2539	3094	2786	3005
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-ebb	low	high-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)					1:14AM 1.99				2:45PM 2.26				1:46AM 1.94				2:00PM 1.95				2:24AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28PM 0.65				7:16AM 0.44				7:40PM 0.34				9:26AM 0.76				8:18PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	3	11	15	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	18	16	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	7	8	12	13	13	12	12	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	15	19	18	15	10	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	5	6	11	11	10	9	9	7	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	9	-	-	-	-	15	14	14	-	-	-	-	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.2 W	-	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	0.4 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	5	-	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12

	Thursday 20	Friday 21
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.9 W	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2267	1389	2553	2517	2517	2480	581	1391	28	2233	2200	2155	416	3621	1294	3239	1901	1729	1873	514	447	453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:10PM 2.29											1:09AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)								8:28PM 0.65											7:22AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	4	3	4	5	5	4	3
High °C	19	19	17	17	19	19	17	18	18	17	17	16	14	12	12	11	12	11	10	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	17	19	19	17	18	18	16	16	15	13	10	10	9	10	8	7	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	0.2 E	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	6	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	5	5	5	5	-	-