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 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			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	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	0	0	0	2	4	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	5	5	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	16	15	14
Energy(?)	3170	35	2805	525	1927	378	1027	870	615	449	374	349	283	288	403	309	25	286	1062	3024	1091	4507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:14AM 1.84	5:37PM 1.78		5:59AM 1.73			6:53AM 1.65		7:34PM 1.60	7:53AM 1.57		10:15PM 2.04	10:37AM 2.01		9:57PM 1.63	10:12AM 1.67		10:52PM 1.72	12:09PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		11:06PM 0.44	11:28AM 0.51		11:51PM 0.59	12:19PM 0.63	1:57PM 0.85	12:38AM 0.72		1:20PM 0.72	1:52AM 0.82		3:59PM 0.91		4:28AM 0.98	4:59PM 0.85		4:10AM 0.78	5:36PM 0.61		6:01AM 0.66	6:20PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	4	15	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	15	11	12	14	11	13	14	12	14	19	16	14	17	15	20	22	19	15	16	14	13	15
Low °C	14	11	12	13	9	11	13	10	11	18	14	14	17	14	17	20	12	14	16	11	11	14
Chill °C (?)	13	8	10	12	8	12	13	11	14	19	16	14	17	14	20	22	19	14	14	13	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	-
Period (s)	-	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	-	16	15	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	9	-	8	9	14	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	1.1 W	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	-	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	7	12	12	-	14

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 S	1.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	4870	3346	2871	2499	2319	3187	23	464	2217	1425	1401	313	573	1080	1043	442	443	443	1480	870	1174	1155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						5:14AM 1.84				5:37PM 1.78					7:32AM 2.10			6:29PM 1.67	7:45PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)				11:06PM 0.44				11:22AM 0.50				11:45PM 0.58	1:31AM 0.82							12:46AM 0.73	2:05AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	4	12	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	16	14	11	11	12	11	12	14	12	12	11	8	9	9	11	13	14	13	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	12	8	8	9	8	10	13	10	9	8	6	7	7	10	12	13	12	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	1.2 SW	2.3 WSW	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.1 S	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	12	14	13	12	-	-	10	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.4 S	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	12	8	-	-	9	-	-	13	14	13	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	-	12	12	12	-	12	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Saturday 07	Sunday 08
	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	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	0.2 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.2 E	2.5 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	4402	3062	3170	3254	3254	3346	16	4514	2871	2746	2622	3884	1463	2377	2319	1347	3510	543	13	2852	15	17
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	5:14AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)											11:06PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	6	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	14	13	12	11	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	10	8	8	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	1.4 SW	-	-	-	1.3 SW	0.2 S	-	-	0.3 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 E	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	-	-	-	13	15	-	-	6	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	12	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	-	12	12	-	-