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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	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			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	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	3	0	3	3	0	2	2	1	3	2	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.5 W	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	13	12	12	12	20	18	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	8	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	50	85	29	418	284	435	273	220	806	820	785	538	503	587	483	97	453	106	478	584	249	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	16	15	13	13	14	12	14	15	11	13	14	12	16	15	13	18	17	16	17	16	16	16
Low °C	15	15	12	12	13	11	12	14	8	12	13	10	15	15	10	15	17	14	14	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	14	12	11	13	11	13	14	8	12	12	11	16	14	13	18	17	16	16	14	15	15
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:44	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.5 W	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	16	14	13	12	8	12	6	18	11	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	8	12	11	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	7	11	13	8	7	5	12	12	16	11	-	4	6	-	-	12	12	12	8	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.0 W	-
Period (s)	3	3	8	4	12	-	-	3	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	-

	Thursday 01					Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 S	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	12	12	7	12	12	12	20	11	11	18	18	17	16
Energy(?)	241	91	85	83	374	127	117	440	139	403	352	144	106	256	284	214	641	706	218	299	460	384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	15	15	13	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	11	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	11	10
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	15	13	11	10	9	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	10	11	12	11	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	12	12	4	6	12	12	6	11	11	18	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	11	11	11	10	4	5	8	13	-	24	12	12	21	21	12	20	19	12	12	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 S	0.6 SW	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	7	3	4	9	-	-	3	12	4	4	7	5	-	7	-	-	7	3	6	4	4

	Thursday 01	Friday 02
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	9	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	234	50	50	49	290	91	89	290	21	413	400	20	82	217	211	102	360	381	125	124	259	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	13	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	12	14	12	12	13	13	11	11	10	11	10
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	4	10	10	4	4	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	2	7	7	2	9	9	9	8	4	9	9	4	9	-	-	-	13	5