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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	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	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	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	7	6	5	0	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.1 S	2.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	3.5 W	4.5 W	2.2 WSW	0.6 S	6.0 W	6.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	13	14	13	12	13	16	19	15	15	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	9687	6070	5055	4029	6783	7276	2784	9	2035	416	188	4127	8056	2379	364	15470	19159	8725	4031	2649	1836	2108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:13AM 1.89		10:29PM 1.93	10:58AM 1.94		11:13PM 1.98	11:36AM 1.98		11:51PM 2.02	12:06PM 1.98		12:26AM 2.05	12:43PM 2.04		2:18AM 2.40		1:15PM 2.04	1:35AM 2.05		1:48PM 2.02	2:10AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	3:56AM 0.37		4:21PM 0.45		4:45AM 0.31	5:00PM 0.37		5:26AM 0.27	5:44PM 0.31		5:57AM 0.26	6:20PM 0.27		6:38AM 0.26	6:53PM 0.25	8:16PM 0.53	7:11AM 0.29		7:27PM 0.26	7:45AM 0.34		8:02PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	4	3	2	1	1	9	35	82	2	2	2
High °C	9	15	15	14	11	11	9	11	11	9	9	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	13	8	8	7
Low °C	7	11	14	9	10	11	5	8	11	8	7	10	9	10	12	10	11	11	4	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	7	13	13	13	8	8	9	11	10	7	5	8	6	6	10	10	12	11	12	3	3	2
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	-	1.2 SW	-	0.6 S	-	2.5 SW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	-	15	15	14	13	14	13	-	16	-	19	-	16	-	13	13	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	10	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	3.5 W	4.5 W	2.2 WSW	0.5 W	6.0 W	6.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	0.7 SSE	-	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	15	-	-	-	-	3	12	13	16	14	15	15	14	-	4	-	12

	Thu	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	9	9	9	8	7	4	6	6	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	15	16	15	15	17	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	12907	9687	8130	7049	6070	1314	5055	5361	4671	4029	1632	8358	6783	8602	7276	114	3526	2784	2550	2228	1997	475
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:36PM 1.87					10:09AM 1.85				10:29PM 1.93				10:58AM 1.94				11:13PM 1.98				11:36AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)			3:56AM 0.37					4:21PM 0.45				4:45AM 0.31				6:20PM 0.54				5:26AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	7	7	8	11	15	15	14	14	14	12	9	10	11	11	11	8	7	6	5	8	10
Chill °C (?)	7	4	4	5	8	14	13	12	13	12	10	5	7	8	8	8	8	4	3	3	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	-	-	15	15	17	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	15	16	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	9	9	9	8	7	4	6	6	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.3 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	10541	9814	12907	13455	14291	3125	9128	8619	8130	7624	2104	7049	6589	6589	6070	27	5655	5573	5502	5192	5055	1082
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:36PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)									3:56AM 0.37													4:21PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	6	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	18	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	-	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-