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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	Wed		Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	2	1	0	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	1.3 W	1.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	11	20	7	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	13
Energy(?)	516	81	110	85	342	756	3829	1686	503	4979	2460	1920	2310	328	194	182	470	208	573	575	366	674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:43AM 2.49		2:24PM 2.63	2:53AM 2.70		1:45PM 2.28	2:25AM 2.33		2:41PM 2.26	3:15AM 2.19		3:36PM 2.17		4:19AM 2.10	4:36PM 2.05		6:48AM 2.32		7:15PM 2.25	7:53AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)			6:56AM 0.02		8:46PM 0.20	9:16AM 0.31		8:09PM -0.07	8:36AM 0.16		8:56PM 0.01	9:24AM 0.27		9:59PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.39		12:33AM 0.44		1:04PM 0.61	1:38AM 0.50		2:08PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	-	2	1	8	4	4	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	15	17	12	17	17	14	19	16	10	17	14	15	13	10	9	12	13	11	13	13
Low °C	18	11	14	16	9	13	16	12	17	13	9	12	13	13	11	9	8	10	12	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	19	14	15	16	10	16	16	13	19	15	8	17	13	15	12	9	7	11	12	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	10	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 W	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	11	20	18	13	16	15	-	-	-	-	8	6	12	9	9	12	-	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.3 W	-	2.0 W	-	-	2.3 W	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	2	-	-	3	7	-	12	-	-	13	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	3	4	3	-	3

	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 S	1.5 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	0.2 SSW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	12	11	9	5	6	6	19	7	7	8	11	12	12	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	509	528	274	267	280	248	56	172	248	346	57	260	334	446	1155	2043	1549	3293	3259	3137	1470	2547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)					2:00AM 2.70				1:01PM 2.32				1:32AM 2.38				3:15PM 2.61				3:49AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)											7:12PM -0.08				7:45AM 0.07				9:39PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	15	15	14	12	11	15	14	14	15	12	9	9	10	13	17	17	16	14	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	20	15	15	13	12	10	15	12	12	13	11	7	7	8	12	16	16	15	13	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	21	9	9	6	7	7	8	11	12	16	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	8	9	10	12	12	11	10	-	-	-	19	18	10	10	13	16	10	-	-	-	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.3 W	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.5 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	2	4	10	-	-	-	9	5	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	3	-

	Wednesday 05	Thursday 06
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	13	11	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	458	733	509	414	410	350	169	274	274	235	83	81	162	141	140	140	57	248	191	179	46	171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												12:37AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)																				8:25AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	20	19	19	19	16	16	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	14	20	19	19	19	16	16	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	10	12	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	9	9	15	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-
Period (s)	-	3	2	2	2	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-