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 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	0	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	2	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 S	0.1 S	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	7	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	2123	2553	2293	1886	1763	1673	1969	562	2008	2202	2471	20	3	1781	799	593	537	382	269	157	163	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:48PM 1.98		1:14AM 1.99		1:23PM 1.98	3:10AM 2.28		3:21PM 2.21	2:30AM 1.94		2:38PM 1.91			3:18PM 1.85	3:52AM 1.82		3:55PM 1.76		5:57AM 2.09	4:48PM 1.74		5:28AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			7:04PM 0.32	8:49AM 0.74		9:05PM 0.66	9:26AM 0.76		8:18PM 0.37	8:38AM 0.53		10:22PM 0.68	9:18AM 0.58		9:38PM 0.47	9:53AM 0.62		11:52PM 0.69	12:15PM 0.77		11:11PM 0.53	11:37AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	12	10	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	17	11	13	11	13	16	12	13	11	10	11	10	8	12	12	11	21	22	17	18
Low °C	17	19	11	10	13	8	11	15	9	12	10	8	9	9	6	10	12	11	17	20	15	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	16	9	11	8	11	15	9	10	8	7	9	7	7	12	10	10	21	22	16	18
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.1 SW	0.3 S	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	-	14	16	14	-	-	-	-	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.5 NW	0.8 W	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	18	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	9	-	-	12	-	7	6	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	-	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	12	15	-	13	13	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	3

	Thursday 20							Friday 21								Saturday 22
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	4	5	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2433	2258	2123	1330	2553	1412	2362	2293	2135	1774	1886	1098	2345	2840	2861	2996	2702	3302	1123	1929	1990	2587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									1:14AM 1.99				1:23PM 1.98				1:46AM 1.94				2:00PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		6:46AM 0.41					8:28PM 0.65				7:22AM 0.44				7:40PM 0.34				9:26AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	7	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	17	21	18	20	18	16	12	11	10	11	12	12	11	8	7	9	11	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	17	21	18	20	17	15	10	8	7	9	10	9	8	6	5	7	10	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	14	14	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	18	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	6	-	-	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	0.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	6	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13

	Thursday 20
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	4	5	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2693	2653	2433	1428	2258	1407	2258	2091	2123	2123	2155	1330	2267	2517	2553	536	529	2480	1412	2397	2362	2362
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	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								8:12AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	15	17	20	21	21	20	20	18	17	19	20	19	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	10	9	10	12	14	17	20	21	21	20	20	18	17	19	20	19	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-