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 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			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	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	1	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	16	14	13	12	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	14	13	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	274	76	97	604	2428	384	311	3463	3445	426	1871	226	642	374	433	318	219	104	165	108	172	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	6:52PM 1.86	8:22PM 2.20	7:41AM 1.82		9:24PM 2.18	9:56AM 2.16		9:04PM 1.82	9:38AM 1.83		9:57PM 1.85	10:23AM 1.86		10:43PM 1.88	11:03AM 1.90		11:18PM 1.88	11:34AM 1.90		11:55PM 1.92	12:09PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		2:41AM 0.55		3:11PM 0.69	3:40AM 0.58		2:48PM 0.53	3:23AM 0.43		3:48PM 0.48		4:12AM 0.42	4:34PM 0.43		4:54AM 0.41	5:09PM 0.39		5:27AM 0.40	5:46PM 0.35		6:04AM 0.40	6:28PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	3
High °C	19	12	11	13	11	17	9	8	10	11	10	13	14	10	14	19	17	16	18	17	19	16
Low °C	18	9	11	13	9	16	8	7	10	10	6	10	13	8	13	16	11	12	17	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	12	10	13	11	16	7	5	6	8	7	12	13	10	13	19	16	16	18	17	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	8:54	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	16	14	13	12	-	13	-	11	11	10	10	14	13	12	11	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	4	8	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	20	19	10	13	9	8	7	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	14	7	12	-	-	-	7	-	4	3	3	3	-	-

	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	407	214	370	210	234	303	97	566	187	773	1084	2428	1966	2027	2039	313	311	317	273	220	2390	2020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							7:35AM 1.78				8:02PM 1.82				8:44AM 1.81				8:59PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)					2:41AM 0.55				1:52PM 0.56				2:25AM 0.44				2:48PM 0.53				3:17AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	5	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	18	18	13	11	10	10	11	11	13	13	11	11	9	9	15	17	9	8	7	6	6	8
Chill °C (?)	18	18	13	10	8	9	11	11	13	13	11	11	7	6	14	16	7	6	5	3	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	9	6	8	8	4	8	8	18	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	-	12	3	9	5	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	12	12

	Wednesday 12	Thursday 13
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	480	197	407	274	212	214	103	369	58	365	328	375	375	428	430	113	115	94	95	96	97	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)																			7:35AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		2:08PM 0.67											1:19AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	19	19	18	16	14	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	19	19	18	16	14	13	13	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	8	6	12	9	6	9	5	5	5	5	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	12	12	6	2	-	3	3	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-