Southland Surf

Southland Surf Forecast

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	6.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	11	13	12	11	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	13	17	17	16	16	19
Energy	112	306	204	366	304	546	540	292	336	201	151	188	344	433	182	2571	11381	5426	12678	6394	7798	6617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:39PM 2.24	2:48AM 2.17		2:02PM 1.90	2:05AM 1.85	3:22AM 1.95	2:44PM 1.84		4:04AM 1.90	3:26PM 1.79		3:35AM 1.78	4:11PM 1.75		4:21AM 1.75	4:59PM 1.73		5:12AM 1.74	5:50PM 1.74		6:00AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			8:53PM 0.75	7:50AM 0.40		8:04PM 0.55	9:34AM 0.48		9:58PM 0.62	10:18AM 0.52		9:34PM 0.62	9:57AM 0.50		10:12PM 0.63	10:44AM 0.51		11:01PM 0.63	11:35AM 0.51		11:55PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	6	2	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	10	10	12	11	12	14	13	14	14	12	10	10	9	8	9	10	13	14	12	14
Low °C	11	11	9	9	11	10	10	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	7	8	8	8	12	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	10	8	9	11	9	11	13	12	13	13	11	7	7	7	3	5	7	11	12	10	13
Sunrise	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:27
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.1 SE	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	-	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	10	14	13	13	12	9	12	11	11	14	9	-	-	17	17	-	16	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 W	0.1 SE	0.8 NW	0.7 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	15	10	18	11	11	14	10	7	10	12	6	5	11	11	16	-	-	-	-	-	25	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.1 E	0.2 NNE	-	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 WNW	4.0 WSW	6.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	5	13	4	-	-	-	6	3	-	2	3	-	6	9	2	9	13	-	17	16	16	-

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	11	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy	112	248	306	329	395	204	328	397	366	358	304	291	269	546	491	470	540	814	292	612	629	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:39PM 2.24				2:48AM 2.17				2:02PM 1.90				2:11AM 1.88				2:44PM 1.84	3:54PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	8:32AM 0.65				8:53PM 0.75				7:50AM 0.40				8:10PM 0.55					9:34AM 0.48				9:58PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	12	11	10	10	11	9	9	10	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	11	10	9	8	8	9	8	7	9	11	9	8	8	7	8	7	11	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	18	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	14	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 NW
Period (s)	15	11	10	9	9	18	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	14	14	13	10	13	7	7	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	0.2 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	5	4	13	12	12	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	4	6	7	3	7	8	-

	Tuesday 02																	Wednesday 03
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy	238	112	112	110	232	248	248	356	306	293	346	329	380	401	395	394	204	204	200	352	328	406
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:39PM 2.24												2:48AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)			8:32AM 0.65												8:53PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	18	18	18	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	15	15	14	11	11	11	14	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	17	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	4	4	4	5	5	5