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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	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	3	0	0	0	5	5	4	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	5	3	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.2 SW	5.0 W	5.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	2.2 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	9	9	12	13	14	15	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	7	11	13	16	15	14	13
Energy(?)	730	457	1428	2383	4203	4883	4126	753	5631	10113	3197	2228	1100	679	1130	1077	524	3299	757	2126	2160	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:14PM 2.20	2:34AM 2.11		2:53PM 2.20	3:18AM 2.13		5:01PM 2.43	3:59AM 2.08		4:21PM 2.09		4:45AM 2.00	5:15PM 1.98		5:39AM 1.91	6:19PM 1.88		6:45AM 1.83		9:10PM 2.22	7:57AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			8:25PM 0.06	8:47AM 0.17		9:09PM 0.09	9:21AM 0.18		9:51PM 0.17	10:11AM 0.23		10:37PM 0.29	11:01AM 0.32		11:31PM 0.43	12:01PM 0.41		12:30AM 0.55		2:51PM 0.60	3:27AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	4	4	3	-	2	8	2	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	17	17	14	12	12	11	15	17	13	14	15	13	18	20	14	15	16	13	17	17	14	13
Low °C	15	15	11	11	11	10	11	12	10	13	14	10	13	19	13	13	16	10	13	17	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	16	12	8	8	8	15	16	10	12	13	11	18	20	14	13	15	11	17	17	14	10
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	1.2 SW	-	-	0.7 S	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.3 SE	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	15	-	-	-	14	15	-	-	9	12	12	11	-	20	18	16	16	10	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.2 S	-	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	8	6	-	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	5.0 W	5.5 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	-	2.2 W	2.5 W	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	12	13	-	-	11	13	13	-	-	-	11	7	11	13	-	15	-	-

	Thursday 19							Friday 20								Saturday 21
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	2.1 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	16
Energy(?)	1040	602	193	753	880	1298	1483	846	1622	1861	2383	3490	4203	5198	5125	4883	4323	5009	4126	3933	3517	677
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	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	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:06AM 2.25				2:14PM 2.20				2:39AM 2.14				2:53PM 2.20				3:18AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)			8:03AM 0.19				8:25PM 0.06				8:47AM 0.17				9:09PM 0.09				9:27AM 0.18	11:00AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	14	14	16	17	17	15	13	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	10	11	11	9	11	15	17	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	15	16	16	13	12	8	9	7	7	8	8	7	6	8	8	7	9	15	17	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	-	9	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	14	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	8	-	-	-	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.1 W	0.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 19
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons 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	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	15	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1205	785	277	666	716	602	177	550	730	606	858	753	774	831	880	1057	1263	249	1275	1532	1501	1452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:03AM 2.13												2:14PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)																					9:58PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	14	13	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	-	15	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	6	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.2 SSW	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	0.9 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	7	7	5	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9