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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	Tue	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	14	14	14	14	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	13	14	13	12
Energy(?)	587	264	1453	691	672	523	266	247	464	386	325	320	403	217	303	235	95	265	392	332	689	597
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:52PM 2.12	9:48AM 1.69		11:43PM 2.14	12:02PM 2.12		11:16PM 1.78	11:27AM 1.82		12:00AM 1.85	12:09PM 1.89		12:41AM 1.92			1:13AM 1.94		1:26PM 2.02	1:55AM 2.01		2:02PM 2.06	2:31AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)			5:34PM 0.83		6:01AM 0.89	6:23PM 0.76		5:25AM 0.64	5:47PM 0.48		6:08AM 0.57	6:28PM 0.39		8:09AM 0.63		7:01PM 0.31	7:24AM 0.42		7:44PM 0.24	8:00AM 0.37		8:21PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	5	1	-	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	12	13	11	13	13	11	14	15	12	15	16	11
Low °C	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	12	12	10	11	13	9	11	13	9	12	14	9	12	14	10
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	10	8	9	10	10	10	9	10	12	9	11	11	9	14	14	12	15	16	10
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:39	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	14	14	6	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	19	16	-	-	-	-	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	12	7	13	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	8	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 14								Thursday 15								Friday 16
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	11	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1057	587	554	601	811	396	631	701	691	1543	1594	691	672	543	523	443	336	266	285	281	247	220
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	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						11:13AM 2.10				10:26PM 1.70				12:02PM 2.12				11:16PM 1.78				11:27AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)				5:05AM 0.93				4:12PM 0.63				4:37AM 0.70				4:56PM 0.56				5:25AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	10	12	12	12	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	6	6	12	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	1.1 W	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	20	19	18	9	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	13	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5

	Tuesday 13	Wednesday 14
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	681	688	1057	998	935	329	87	108	115	554	601	180	177	369	264	288	317	362	362	887	631	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:52PM 2.12											9:48AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									3:43AM 0.72													4:12PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.3 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	21	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	1.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	9	17	17	10	16	16	16	15	15	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 W	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	10	10	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-