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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	Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Saturday 26			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	5	1	4	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.5 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	17	14	14	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	12	14	14
Energy(?)	1939	2249	4085	57	3091	2082	5464	4681	2724	1563	1216	880	688	665	592	343	316	273	194	377	663	611
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:56PM 1.90	8:39AM 1.94		10:29PM 2.31	9:45AM 2.00		11:28PM 2.36		12:02PM 2.45	10:59PM 2.12	11:38AM 2.13		11:50PM 2.18		12:26PM 2.16	12:38AM 2.21		2:31PM 2.47	2:45AM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)		1:47PM 0.48	2:21AM 0.37		2:55PM 0.47		3:27AM 0.29	3:57PM 0.42		5:50AM 0.38			5:21AM 0.12	5:45PM 0.29		7:35AM 0.22		6:32PM 0.25	6:57AM 0.05		8:43PM 0.36	7:41AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	9	9	10	9	8	10	8	8	10	8	7	10	9	9	11	12	9	11	10	9
Low °C	6	10	8	8	9	7	7	9	6	7	9	6	6	9	6	6	11	9	8	11	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	10	7	8	9	9	7	10	7	7	10	6	6	10	7	7	10	10	6	8	8	7
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	5:27	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	20	11	17	-	10	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	15	15	13	17	16	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-

	Sunday 20					Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wed
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	1	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 S	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	17	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1939	2019	2249	2425	2903	4085	4555	4757	4120	3528	55	2648	2253	2082	2171	4493	5464	5324	4681	3933	3293	2724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:28AM 1.90				7:56PM 1.90	9:26PM 2.27				10:03AM 2.34				9:01PM 1.96				9:45AM 2.00				10:03PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)			1:47PM 0.48				2:21AM 0.37									4:51AM 0.48				5:26PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	9	10	10	9	8	9	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	10	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	4	8	9	9	8	6	7	6	6	8	9	9	9	7	5	6	5	7	10	8	8	6
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	20	20	20	11	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 20																	Monday 21
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	1	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1938	1939	1939	1966	1992	2019	1993	2068	2249	2220	0	2425	2616	2814	2903	3221	3609	4090	4420	4618	4555	4823
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:28AM 1.90												7:56PM 1.90		9:26PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)								1:47PM 0.48		3:16PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
High °C	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	4	4	4	5	5	7	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	11	11	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-