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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	Sun		Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	3	3	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	13	12
Energy(?)	777	596	473	108	293	451	924	892	698	587	611	403	1288	1447	1338	1396	1329	1310	1158	405	336	627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:03AM 2.21		1:16PM 2.28	3:06AM 2.55		3:21PM 2.55	2:32AM 2.21		2:44PM 2.26	3:13AM 2.15	4:33AM 2.12	3:27PM 2.17	3:52AM 2.07		4:08PM 2.05		4:32AM 1.96	4:51PM 1.92		5:14AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			7:09AM 0.18		8:57PM 0.10	9:19AM 0.25		8:20PM -0.04	8:38AM 0.13		9:02PM 0.02	10:35AM 0.19		9:43PM 0.13	10:01AM 0.27		10:24PM 0.28	10:43AM 0.38		11:06PM 0.44	11:28AM 0.51	1:05PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	12	12	13	14	11	13	15	14	19	20	19	14	14	13	17	16	12	14	13
Low °C	15	14	12	12	9	11	13	9	12	14	11	14	20	13	14	14	11	14	15	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	10	10	12	13	11	12	14	13	19	20	19	12	12	11	17	14	9	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	9:22	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 W	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	-	-	12	12	12	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.6 W	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	8	7	11	12	10	14	-	-	21	20	19	-	12	-	-	9	-	-	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	0.9 WNW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	1.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	11	11	6	-	-	4	-	-

	Sunday 01			Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	777	698	635	556	513	511	602	817	817	937	878	61	487	636	451	336	236	246	1001	892	861	777
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:19AM 2.54				1:16PM 2.28				1:49AM 2.23				2:01PM 2.30				2:32AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)							8:34AM 0.26				7:35PM -0.04				7:55AM 0.13				8:20PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	16	16	15	14	15	12	11	12	12	12	10	9	11	13	14	13	11	9	8	9
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	9	8	9	10	11	8	8	10	12	13	12	11	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	8	-	-	-	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.6 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	9	9	7	-	-	-	-	8	12	-	10	12	11	13	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	9	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 01	Monday 02
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	846	846	777	777	777	698	698	624	635	624	556	29	173	245	257	229	142	142	445	445	473	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													1:03AM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:09AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	17	15	14	14	12	14	14	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	9	9	10	10	9	9	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9