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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	Mon		Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	5	8	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.7 W	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW
Period(s)	12	8	16	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	12
Energy	1002	521	1498	1753	1728	1534	3310	4927	7980	5207	1953	2489	1230	1415	1376	1125	466	241	271	335	203	147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:19PM 2.22	8:25AM 1.86		8:48PM 1.82	9:12AM 1.83		9:34PM 1.85	9:58AM 1.85		10:15PM 1.87	10:40AM 1.88		10:58PM 1.93		12:31PM 2.06	11:35PM 1.95		1:10PM 2.08	1:21AM 2.04		12:42PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	3:03PM 0.57			2:41PM 0.42	3:00AM 0.43		3:29PM 0.43		3:46AM 0.41	4:13PM 0.44		4:28AM 0.38	4:47PM 0.45		6:11AM 0.37			5:52AM 0.35		7:12PM 0.48	7:30AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	12	8	8	6	8	9	6	11	11	9	9	11	8	8	9	7	10	12	14	14	15
Low °C	12	8	8	8	4	5	9	5	6	11	7	7	8	5	7	9	5	6	12	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	10	7	8	6	7	6	4	9	8	7	8	11	7	8	9	4	8	11	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:23	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.2 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	16	14	14	14	13	14	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 SW	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	17	16	15	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	16	-	10	9	10	10	10	12	14	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 N	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	14	13	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	7	3	-

	Monday 25			Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	5	6	5	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	8	12	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	14
Energy	1002	2774	2861	521	1712	598	1498	1208	1753	2045	2099	1728	1728	1556	1534	1586	3310	4167	5812	4927	5884	7119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:57PM 1.81	9:19PM 2.22			8:25AM 1.86				8:53PM 1.86					9:12AM 1.83				9:34PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)					2:15AM 0.46				2:41PM 0.42				3:00AM 0.43					3:23PM 0.43				3:46AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	12	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	4	5	8	9	8	6	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	11	11	9	10	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	3	4	2	3	7	6	6	4	2	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	17	16	5	16	15	15	15	16	-	-	-	-	13	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	12	8	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	14	13	13	14

	Monday 25											Tuesday 26
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	5	6	5	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	846	1025	1002	1012	2867	2774	2774	2774	2861	2807	551	521	521	519	1712	1669	1143	598	598	1386	1498	1531
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:57PM 1.81													8:25AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				3:03PM 0.57											2:15AM 0.46	3:34AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	-
High °C	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	17	17	17	12	16	16	5	5	5	5	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	16	16	16	12	-	-	-	-	-