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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	Sat		Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Sat
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	0	2	3	0	3	3	0	2	3	1	4	1	3	4	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 W	2.4 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	14	13	12	12	11	10	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1124	2417	661	1548	864	511	213	934	704	736	624	527	197	372	150	679	215	906	1665	2174	1468	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:09PM 2.54	3:20AM 2.23		3:36PM 2.17		4:19AM 2.10	4:36PM 2.05		5:23AM 1.97	5:42PM 1.94		6:32AM 1.87		8:04PM 2.00	7:41AM 1.82		8:02PM 1.82	8:44AM 1.81		10:20PM 2.20	10:48AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)		9:02PM 0.00	9:24AM 0.27		9:59PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.39		11:02PM 0.24	11:33AM 0.49		12:10AM 0.35	12:43PM 0.55	1:51PM 0.52	2:24AM 0.39		1:52PM 0.56	2:25AM 0.44		2:55PM 0.53		4:34AM 0.61	3:48PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	7	5	-	-	1	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	5	2	1	2	-
High °C	12	9	15	14	14	17	15	10	14	11	9	17	18	10	16	15	12	10	11	9	10	12
Low °C	9	8	11	13	13	15	12	8	12	10	7	13	14	9	13	15	9	9	11	7	9	12
Chill °C (?)	10	8	14	12	13	17	14	7	12	8	7	17	18	7	16	15	10	7	8	7	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 SE	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	-	-	2.2 W	2.1 W	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	13	14	13	12	12	7	10	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	-	-	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	7	9	18	16	-	-	7	12	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 SW	-	-	1.7 W	2.4 W	1.7 W	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	9	-	-	3	3	8	-	4	-	-	13	12	12	-	6

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	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	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	-	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	10	11
Energy(?)	0	1203	1064	865	2221	2036	1891	585	556	1320	1000	864	1211	1080	511	435	683	661	440	306	796	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:20AM 2.23				3:36PM 2.17					5:30AM 2.25				4:36PM 2.05				5:23AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 0.01				9:30AM 0.27				9:59PM 0.12					10:29AM 0.39				12:33AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	5	5	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	9	8	9	9	11	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	15	17	14	11	10	10	10	8
Chill °C (?)	10	7	9	6	8	7	9	14	12	12	12	12	10	12	15	17	12	8	7	8	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.1 E	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	11	7	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.3 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	-	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	-	9	7	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 NNW	-	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	7	7	9	-	11	11	6	9	9	-

	Saturday 08	Sunday 09
	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	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	0	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	5	1155	1124	1124	3468	3267	3267	1079	1064	2844	2667	2417	0	0	2221	2187	2036	2036	2036	950	1891	1862
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															3:20AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)									9:02PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	13	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	13
Chill °C (?)	16	13	12	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	7	9	9	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-