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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	Wed		Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	0	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	0.1 S	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.3 NE	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	8	9	11	11	12	15	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	2	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1507	1385	206	517	687	833	1232	1660	6	570	1474	3821	936	1363	692	518	861	1	1611	644	307	1003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 2.08		1:14PM 2.16	1:32AM 2.12		3:05PM 2.48	3:23AM 2.43		2:21PM 2.05	2:40AM 2.03		3:03PM 2.01	3:15AM 1.95		3:42PM 1.91			5:45PM 2.15		4:36AM 1.75	5:13PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			8:25AM 0.37		7:26PM 0.15	7:42AM 0.17		9:25PM 0.49	8:12AM 0.22		8:37PM 0.31	8:54AM 0.29		9:13PM 0.42	9:31AM 0.39		11:20PM 0.81	10:12AM 0.51		10:34PM 0.67	10:58AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	17	16	20	21	18	18	19	15	12	12	11	12	13	11	14	17	13	16	15	13	15	16
Low °C	16	14	15	20	14	14	17	11	12	12	10	10	12	9	9	16	12	11	14	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	20	21	18	18	19	14	10	10	10	10	12	9	13	17	11	16	15	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.4 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	0.2 S	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	8	9	11	11	12	5	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	1.4 E	-	0.2 S	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	13	11	12	11	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	10	8	8	-	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.6 E	0.3 NE	2.1 ENE	1.9 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	7	2	8	6	-	-

	Wednesday 01			Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1507	3051	1588	1385	1214	959	528	513	484	561	641	687	758	798	833	1012	1232	1520	1825	1660	2125	1252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	high	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)	1:47PM 2.49			12:58AM 2.12					1:09PM 2.12				1:32AM 2.12				3:05PM 2.48				2:06AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		6:44PM 0.13	8:07PM 0.33				8:25AM 0.37				7:26PM 0.15				7:42AM 0.17				9:25PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	2
Temp. °C	16	16	16	14	13	14	15	19	21	18	18	16	14	14	13	18	19	17	15	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	14	12	13	14	19	21	18	18	16	13	13	12	18	19	17	14	10	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	-
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.8 S	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	11	12	13	13	13	6	7	12	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	13	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11

	Wednesday 01										Thursday 02
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1596	892	1507	1507	3318	1824	1824	3253	422	422	1649	1385	1367	1254	1214	1137	1114	959	939	458	458	405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:47PM 2.49											12:58AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)						6:49PM 0.12		8:07PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	16	17	16	17	17	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	17	16	17	15	17	17	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	12	12	14	13	13	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	2.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	13	13	13	-	-	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-