Southland Surf

Southland Surf Forecast

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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	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	9	4	6	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 S	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s)	12	12	7	10	9	9	11	18	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	13
Energy	118	205	379	1205	814	1811	4681	429	11327	12411	13025	12316	12186	8079	9422	1368	6136	1279	944	668	1665	3519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:38PM 2.10		3:35AM 1.78	4:11PM 1.75		5:43AM 2.05			5:12AM 1.74	5:50PM 1.74		6:06AM 1.76		6:38PM 1.74	6:59AM 1.78		7:34PM 1.81	7:59AM 1.87		8:34PM 1.93	8:59AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	9:13AM 0.47		9:34PM 0.62	9:57AM 0.50		10:19PM 0.64		12:13PM 0.70	11:08PM 0.64	11:35AM 0.51		12:01AM 0.61		12:29PM 0.49	12:51AM 0.54		1:27PM 0.45	1:49AM 0.45		2:18PM 0.39	2:52AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	11	11	11	9	10	11	13	13	11	11	13	14	11	15	16	14	14	14	13	14
Low °C	12	12	11	10	10	9	7	11	12	13	10	9	11	13	10	13	14	14	14	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	15	8	9	8	4	6	8	10	10	7	8	10	12	9	14	15	12	13	14	12	13
Sunrise	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:29
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	7	18	17	15	-	19	18	-	-	-	-	15	-	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 W	-	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	12	11	-	24	-	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	2.4 W	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	3.0 W
Period (s)	3	3	7	10	9	9	11	17	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	-	14	-	-	-	3	13

	Friday 05							Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 S	0.8 S	5.0 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	7	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	8	18	17
Energy	284	261	118	165	205	74	392	379	843	1111	1205	1339	814	705	929	1811	2085	2753	4681	10	429	13671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross
Tide State	-	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:04AM 1.90				3:20PM 1.76				3:35AM 1.78				4:11PM 1.75				4:21AM 1.75				4:59PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				9:13AM 0.47				9:34PM 0.62				9:51AM 0.49				10:19PM 0.64					12:13PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	14	15	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	7	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	13	15	12	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	6	4	4	5	5	3	6	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	10	9	12	12	7	12	12	18	-	-	17	10	15	-	-	-	-	21	19	-	18	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	12	12	7	7	12	19	19	11	-	-	-	17	24	-	-	-	-	-	14	8	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.4 WNW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	5.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	7	6	7	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	18	17	17

	Friday 05
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point 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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 W	0.4 SW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	7	6	6	6
Energy	205	217	284	210	264	261	149	149	118	116	131	165	188	205	205	205	312	74	354	378	392	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					4:04AM 1.90												4:38PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)										9:13AM 0.47												9:34PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	13	13	15	15	14	12	12	10	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 NW	0.8 SW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	10	12	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	9	12	8	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	19	19	19	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	7	7	6	6	6