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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	9	7	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.6 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	2.0 S	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	12	12	12	18	10	9	9	11	18	16	16	16	17	16	16	14	14	13	13
Energy	546	634	532	326	226	151	164	1625	451	2207	4361	336	8198	8659	11624	2355	3891	9727	6376	2561	1838	1725
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:05AM 1.85	3:22AM 1.95	3:54PM 1.96		4:04AM 1.90	3:26PM 1.79		3:35AM 1.78	5:23PM 2.07		4:21AM 1.75			5:12AM 1.74	5:50PM 1.74	7:14PM 1.72	6:00AM 1.73		8:06PM 2.14	7:05AM 1.81		7:39PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		9:34AM 0.48		9:58PM 0.62	10:18AM 0.52		9:34PM 0.62	9:57AM 0.50		10:19PM 0.64	10:44AM 0.51	12:13PM 0.70	11:08PM 0.64	11:35AM 0.51		1:29AM 0.57		12:23PM 0.48	2:27AM 0.72		1:27PM 0.45	1:55AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	8	1	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	14	13	14	15	12	10	11	9	9	11	13	13	13	10	8	10	10	11	12	11
Low °C	9	11	14	13	13	13	10	10	9	8	8	10	12	12	13	8	5	8	10	11	12	10
Chill °C (?)	9	11	14	12	13	14	10	6	8	5	6	7	10	10	10	6	8	10	8	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	8:26	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	2.0 S	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	8	9	9	12	11	-	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	17	16	16	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	10	13	12	12	6	18	-	5	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.3 E	-	0.2 NNE	1.4 NW	0.2 N	1.3 WNW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	0.4 SW	-	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	-	2	9	3	10	10	9	9	11	17	16	16	16	16	-	16	15	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef 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	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	11	14	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	18	6	11	10	9
Energy	316	546	493	470	634	983	532	244	234	326	217	261	226	208	151	169	228	164	275	1371	1625	1606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:11AM 1.88									4:04AM 1.90				3:26PM 1.79				3:35AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	8:10PM 0.55					9:34AM 0.48			8:51PM 0.59	9:58PM 0.62				10:18AM 0.52				9:34PM 0.62				9:51AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	9	10	11	12	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	15	13	11	12	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	6	7	8	11	14	12	12	12	10	12	12	13	14	12	9	10	8	6	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 NW	0.8 SW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 W	0.6 SW	-	-	-	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	13	7	8	13	13	9	12	9	9	9	12	12	7	11	-	-	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.9 SW	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	10	13	13	7	7	12	9	12	12	12	6	7	12	18	-	-	-	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	1.3 E	1.9 ENE	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.5 N	-	1.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	6	8	-	7	3	2	3	-	9	3	3	-	-	10	6	11	10	9

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	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	13	13
Energy	292	316	316	315	296	546	543	542	493	485	476	470	464	395	634	634	561	983	943	951	532	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)									2:11AM 1.88													3:54PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			8:10PM 0.55													9:34AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	6	8	8	7	6	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	6	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 E	1.3 E	-	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	-	8	8	8	-	-