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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	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	3	2	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	3.0 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	12	9	11	11	15	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	18	17	16	15
Energy(?)	481	34	133	3	2213	1023	2612	37	81	62	430	310	364	749	558	188	387	380	235	651	380	485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:24AM 1.72		9:57PM 1.63	10:12AM 1.67		10:52PM 1.72	12:18PM 2.09		12:40AM 1.98	11:45AM 1.88		12:11AM 1.89	12:23PM 1.99		12:47AM 1.97	1:00PM 2.09		1:27AM 2.08		1:36PM 2.16	2:03AM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40PM 0.71		4:10AM 0.78	4:37PM 0.62		6:21AM 0.78	6:20PM 0.49		5:44AM 0.57	6:04PM 0.37		6:22AM 0.45	6:41PM 0.25		6:58AM 0.34		7:18PM 0.14	8:54AM 0.36		7:54PM 0.08	8:09AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
High °C	22	18	20	15	15	13	13	14	12	13	13	11	13	14	12	13	14	11	15	15	14	14
Low °C	18	17	18	13	15	9	11	13	11	12	13	10	11	12	12	12	14	9	12	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	22	18	20	13	13	11	11	12	11	13	12	10	12	13	12	13	13	9	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.1 SE	-	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	0.3 S	-	0.3 ESE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	9	-	11	15	14	-	9	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	18	11	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SE	0.6 W
Period (s)	7	8	12	-	-	16	-	7	13	12	12	12	18	18	16	15	15	20	12	17	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 NNE	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	-	-	2.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	3	7	11	-	-	14	13	12	-	-	-	12	3	-	3	4	-	10	-	-

	Thursday 12							Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.1 SE	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	8	8	12	9	12	11	10	11	11	11	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	629	512	481	403	325	250	261	635	241	86	3	128	2213	1685	1605	1730	2007	2628	1575	2855	4692	4237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:09AM 1.61					11:07PM 1.78				10:07AM 1.64				10:52PM 1.72				11:03AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)					3:40PM 0.71					4:10AM 0.78				4:37PM 0.62				5:01AM 0.68				5:23PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	18	22	24	23	19	20	20	18	13	14	15	15	12	11	10	10	11	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	18	22	24	23	19	20	20	17	10	13	13	13	11	9	8	9	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.1 SE	0.6 WSW	-	0.1 SE	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	10	10	12	9	12	-	9	10	11	11	15	15	-	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 E	0.7 WSW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	12	10	-	-	-	-	12	16	16	-	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 NNE	3.0 WNW	0.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 N	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	8	8	4	7	7	11	10	11	-	-	-	3	14	14	14

	Thursday 12
	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	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	6	6	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	45	331	337	373	405	512	506	24	25	417	410	112	314	319	100	273	246	250	93	198	177	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																					9:57PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			3:05AM 0.83												3:32PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	19	21	24	23	24	24	23	23	23	21	20	19	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	14	14	13	14	14	16	19	21	24	23	24	24	23	23	23	21	20	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	5	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-