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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	Sun		Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sun
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	1.9 E	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	11	9	12	11	11	6	16	14	8	12	15	14	13	7	12	12	20	11	17	11	15
Energy(?)	136	328	86	248	185	165	171	174	58	426	277	53	87	261	329	409	394	200	586	732	424	691
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:02PM 1.84	7:38AM 1.84		8:02PM 1.84	8:40AM 1.89		9:15PM 1.94	9:42AM 1.96		10:21PM 2.04	10:43AM 2.06		11:23PM 2.14	11:40AM 2.16		12:20AM 2.22	12:35PM 2.25		1:09AM 2.22		1:22PM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)		1:24AM 0.44		1:49PM 0.47	2:23AM 0.43		3:01PM 0.40	3:34AM 0.41		4:05PM 0.29		4:37AM 0.36	4:59PM 0.18		5:35AM 0.29	6:02PM 0.06		6:30AM 0.23	6:57PM -0.02		7:22AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	13	14	11	16	19	13	17	14	13	14	14	13	12	13	12	14	15	11	13	16
Low °C	13	10	11	13	10	13	18	11	14	13	12	13	14	11	12	13	8	11	13	9	13	16
Chill °C (?)	13	10	12	13	8	14	18	11	17	12	13	14	13	12	11	13	11	13	14	9	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:46	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	11	9	12	11	11	9	16	14	13	12	15	14	13	7	12	12	12	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 S	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	13	8	21	7	18	8	5	16	15	11	11	8	12	9	8	7	18	17	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	-	1.9 E	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	4	4	6	5	-	8	-	-	3	8	7	-	-	-	3	4	4	4

	Sunday 28			Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31
	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	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	13	13	11	12	13	7	12	11	11	7	11	11	18	18	16	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	410	99	109	112	101	276	244	51	52	199	179	185	59	184	165	282	302	362	484	174	498	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	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	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:02PM 1.84				7:38AM 1.84				8:08PM 1.87				8:40AM 1.89				9:15PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)					1:18AM 0.43				1:56PM 0.47				2:23AM 0.43				3:01PM 0.40				3:34AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	11	10	9	10	11	13	14	13	11	10	10	10	13	16	17	16	12	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	10	9	10	11	12	13	11	8	7	8	7	11	14	15	14	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	11	9	4	13	8	11	12	6	7	12	11	11	7	11	11	10	10	16	16	16	15	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	14	14	4	13	8	8	13	12	-	-	21	11	20	7	18	18	10	10	8	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Sunday 28	Monday 29
	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	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	15	15	15	14	11	11	14	14	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	12	9
Energy(?)	372	117	135	114	101	357	383	110	109	358	328	328	112	280	273	277	306	276	291	86	244	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:02PM 1.84												7:38AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)													1:18AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	11	11	4	4	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	4	14	13	13	13	8	8	13	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-