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 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	6	0	7	4	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	2.3 WNW	0.4 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	10	10	7	11	9	10	11	15	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	12
Energy(?)	693	221	208	212	90	485	58	1116	1347	1043	730	6240	6804	874	2021	1143	1006	936	466	91	133	131
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:37AM 1.76	4:48PM 1.74		6:40AM 1.83	5:40PM 1.72		7:43AM 2.07	6:38PM 1.73		7:22AM 1.74		7:40PM 1.78	8:19AM 1.81		8:41PM 1.88	9:15AM 1.91		9:40PM 2.00	10:09AM 2.03		10:37PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	10:23PM 0.51	10:46AM 0.66		11:11PM 0.53	12:50PM 0.71		11:59PM 0.52			1:04AM 0.50		1:35PM 0.60	2:05AM 0.44		2:34PM 0.50	3:03AM 0.36		4:57PM 0.55	4:00AM 0.28		4:26PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	18	16	16	17	16	14	15	12	16	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	18	19	14
Low °C	11	15	18	14	14	17	11	12	15	9	12	13	11	12	12	10	12	14	10	14	18	11
Chill °C (?)	13	18	17	16	14	16	16	12	13	10	14	12	12	11	12	10	11	12	10	18	19	14
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 W	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	1.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	-	1.8 W	1.3 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	1.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	7	10	8	8	13	-	11	15	15	14	14	13	12	-	-	6	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.8 SW	0.5 W	-	0.4 SW	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	17	10	7	-	11	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	13	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.4 NE	2.0 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	2.3 WNW	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NNE	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	5	3	7	3	3	7	-	9	10	-	-	-	14	-	4	4	11	11	-	2	3	11

	Tue	Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	10	10	10	10	5	8	10	7	8	7	8	9	10
Energy(?)	423	377	384	391	711	279	122	237	294	212	129	128	90	126	2	69	228	254	778	1248	1116	1223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:37AM 1.76				6:15PM 2.03				5:28AM 1.72				5:40PM 1.72				6:23AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 0.51				10:46AM 0.66				11:11PM 0.53				11:37AM 0.68								12:35PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	14	14	16	19	18	16	14	14	14	14	16	18	17	16	15	12	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	12	13	15	19	18	16	12	12	12	14	14	17	16	16	14	9	7	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	1.3 W	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	7	7	7	7	10	10	8	10	7	8	-	-	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	7	8	13	13	6	8	11	10	10	10	7	3	-	15	9	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	0.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.3 W	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	3	3	2	3	7	9	7	7	-	3	3	3	3	5	7	7	-	-	7	8	9	10

	Tuesday 25				Wednesday 26
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	462	423	423	423	681	377	238	151	384	384	391	391	352	352	352	352	279	348	279	217	208	208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:37AM 1.76												4:48PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				10:23PM 0.51	11:30PM 0.57											10:46AM 0.66		12:15PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	11	8	10	10	10	11	13	12	12	13	14	16	16	17	16	16	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	4	-	7	7	7	7	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	1.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	9	9	9	7	7	7