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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	Mon	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	3	5	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 ESE	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	18	16	15	14	14	16	9	11	13	15	14	14	13	9	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	477	396	484	955	787	2627	1472	482	138	1169	2252	4862	6245	1328	3478	3376	3389	1742	2643	1521	945	846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:52AM 2.01	1:00PM 2.09		1:27AM 2.08		1:36PM 2.16	2:03AM 2.13		2:14PM 2.20	2:39AM 2.14		2:53PM 2.20			3:35PM 2.16			5:28PM 2.17		4:45AM 2.00	6:24PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		6:58AM 0.34		7:18PM 0.14	7:33AM 0.25		7:54PM 0.08	8:09AM 0.19		8:31PM 0.06	8:47AM 0.17		10:08PM 0.12	9:27AM 0.18		10:52PM 0.21	10:11AM 0.23		11:41PM 0.33	11:01AM 0.32		11:31PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	3	4	4	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	20
High °C	11	12	13	11	16	14	14	16	15	14	12	11	12	15	16	13	14	14	13	21	24	21
Low °C	11	12	12	11	13	14	13	12	14	11	11	11	9	11	16	12	14	14	10	14	22	14
Chill °C (?)	9	11	12	9	16	14	14	16	13	12	8	7	9	15	16	11	11	11	11	21	24	21
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 ESE	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	18	16	15	14	14	16	-	-	-	12	14	-	-	-	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 S	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	16	15	22	11	6	9	8	6	18	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.6 WSW	2.2 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	-	-	6	-	6	7	9	11	13	-	-	14	13	9	-	-	3	-

	Mon	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	21	21	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	122	477	476	436	396	436	484	182	507	758	924	982	3210	844	667	2217	1134	1472	1159	561	605	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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 Tide / height (m)		12:52AM 2.01				1:00PM 2.09					1:27AM 2.08				1:36PM 2.16				3:06AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)				6:58AM 0.34					7:18PM 0.14				8:31AM 0.26				7:54PM 0.08				9:07AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	13	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	10	10	11	10	10	11	16	16	14	12	12	12	12	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SE	-	0.3 S	1.5 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	16	16	15	15	15	22	11	21	20	19	11	9	-	6	9	9	8	8	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	1.6 W
Period (s)	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	14

	Monday 16				Tuesday 17
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	215	552	485	485	478	477	469	170	476	427	423	436	1188	156	133	1453	436	1420	1058	499	1202	435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:52AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)												6:58AM 0.34	7:55AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	11	8	11	10	10	12	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	5	16	16	15	15	15	5	6	15	15	13	13	22	14	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.9 ESE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	13	4	4	12	4	12	12	4	12	4