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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Southland Wavefinder

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	Sun		Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 E	2.0 W	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	16	17	16	14	13	12	16	14	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1044	772	1247	1491	905	637	488	403	184	445	778	619	2113	2696	1807	1042	528	914	687	1114	1029	2504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:59PM	9:33AM		10:56PM	11:28AM		11:41PM		12:12PM	11:16PM	11:48AM		11:57PM		12:29PM	12:37AM		2:56PM	3:22AM		3:24PM
Low Tide / height (m)	4:22PM		3:21AM 2:54PM	3:45PM		5:09AM	5:33PM		5:52AM			5:36AM	5:56PM		6:17AM	3:21AM	6:36PM	6:57AM		10:23PM	8:06AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	6
High °C	10	10	12	11	8	7	8	6	8	9	12	13	14	11	10	11	10	10	11	10	9	10
Low °C	10	8	11	10	6	6	7	5	5	9	10	10	12	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	9	6	4	5	3	5	6	11	12	13	9	8	9	9	10	10	9	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	8:33	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:26	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.5 E	1.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	16	17	16	14	13	12	16	14	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 SE	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	14	-	-	7	16	15	14	20	-	-	-	20	17	23	10	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	1.1 NW	2.0 W	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	9	9	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	11	10

	Sunday 06	Monday 07	Tuesday 08

Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1044	1014	918	772	981	1067	1247	1299	1491	1514	891	905	828	816	637	607	488	488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:59PM 1.72					10:41AM 1.87				9:48PM 1.77				10:22AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)						4:24AM 0.59				4:49PM 0.65				4:09AM 0.53				4:32PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	12	11	10	8	7	6	6	6	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	11	9	8	6	4	3	3	3	4	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3