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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	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	1	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.9 SE	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 E	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	6	16	14	13	9	16	14	13	12	12	12	20	18	16	10	15	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	172	154	166	443	341	390	51	398	534	474	53	125	272	267	806	343	295	609	105	670	407	88
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:15PM 1.94	9:42AM 1.96		10:21PM 2.04	10:43AM 2.06		11:23PM 2.14	11:40AM 2.16		12:20AM 2.22	12:35PM 2.25		1:09AM 2.22		1:27PM 2.29	2:05AM 2.27		2:18PM 2.30	2:54AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		3:01PM 0.40	3:34AM 0.41		4:05PM 0.29		4:37AM 0.36	4:59PM 0.18		5:35AM 0.29	5:57PM 0.07		6:30AM 0.23	6:57PM -0.02		7:22AM 0.19		7:48PM -0.06	9:11AM 0.15		8:39PM -0.04	8:55AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	13	17	18	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	12	12	15	13	15	15	14	16
Low °C	13	18	11	14	16	13	14	14	12	13	13	11	12	14	8	11	14	11	14	14	11	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	11	16	18	11	14	13	14	11	11	11	13	13	10	10	14	12	15	14	14	16
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:44	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 E	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	9	16	14	13	9	16	14	13	12	12	6	12	18	11	15	15	14	13	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	18	8	-	16	12	11	11	9	8	-	12	6	11	16	10	10	-	8	16	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	6	5	4	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	4	4	-	3	4	13	-	-

	Tuesday 30							Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	11	11	18	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	16	12	12	12	10	15	14	14
Energy(?)	68	184	172	282	302	362	484	166	498	449	73	54	341	60	73	213	303	259	420	91	86	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:40AM 1.89				9:15PM 1.94				9:38AM 1.93					10:21PM 2.04				10:43AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	2:23AM 0.43				3:01PM 0.40				3:34AM 0.41					4:05PM 0.29				4:37AM 0.36				4:59PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	17	18	16	13	11	11	12	14	17	18	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	7	10	16	17	14	10	9	8	9	13	16	18	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	11	11	10	10	16	16	16	15	14	5	14	13	5	5	12	12	12	10	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	20	7	18	18	10	10	8	-	-	14	5	16	13	13	4	15	15	8	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.7 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 WSW	0.3 SW	0.9 SE	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.3 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	8	8	18	18	6	18	16	16	7	16	16	16
Energy(?)	52	194	189	221	186	184	161	82	172	186	116	92	278	101	154	302	406	362	581	121	121	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:35AM 1.85													9:15PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		2:29AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	13	15	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	16	11	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	8	8	7	8	9	10	13	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	14	7	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	10	8	8	10	8	9	10	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	21	21	20	20	20	20	10	7	7	10	10	18	18	18	18	10	10	10	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.3 E	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	7	6	6	6