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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	Thu		Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Oreti Beach Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	1	5	4	4	0	0	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	4.0 WSW	0.8 S	0.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	15	14	17	16	14	13	13	16	15	14	18	16	14	13	12	11	12	13	12	10	12
Energy	2409	5987	1492	3732	1779	2511	2216	2332	2836	2119	5879	420	49	4314	2283	1109	2708	2403	1771	2293	294	2388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:34PM 1.93	10:26AM 2.41		10:52PM 2.39	10:02AM 2.12		10:23PM 2.14	10:59AM 2.22	12:19PM 2.56	11:17PM 2.22		1:16PM 2.27	12:11AM 2.28		2:13PM 2.60	1:05AM 2.30		1:45PM 2.27	2:00AM 2.28		2:40PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		2:52AM 0.34	4:21AM 0.56	4:51PM 0.55		3:48AM 0.22	4:18PM 0.27		4:44AM 0.10			7:07AM 0.25		6:06PM 0.18	6:33AM -0.05		7:00PM 0.17	7:28AM -0.06		7:53PM 0.19	8:17AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	1	1	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	6
High °C	14	11	10	11	10	8	9	9	14	12	12	10	10	10	7	11	10	8	9	7	9	9
Low °C	13	11	10	10	9	8	9	8	11	12	10	10	10	7	6	10	9	8	8	6	7	8
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	9	9	6	8	7	12	10	9	7	8	10	5	8	6	4	6	3	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:32	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 S	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	-	0.8 S	0.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	14	15	15	17	16	14	13	13	16	15	-	18	16	14	13	12	-	12	13	12	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 S	1.0 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	18	-	5	17	-	22	20	18	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	16	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 W	1.9 W	-	0.4 NW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 W	3.5 W	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.1 WNW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	15	14	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	14	17	-	-	-	7	11	-	-	12	5	12

	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	5	3	3	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	16
Energy	2409	2766	4021	5987	5035	4455	1492	1423	3732	1784	3133	1779	1652	1608	2511	2331	2216	2128	2200	2332	2191	1043
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								10:26AM 2.41				10:52PM 2.39				10:02AM 2.12				10:23PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	2:25PM 0.39	3:53PM 0.61			2:52AM 0.34					4:51PM 0.55				5:17AM 0.45				4:18PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	13	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	8	8	6	6	5	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 S	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	14	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	18	-	10	-	-	-	5	18	17	6	-	-	24	11	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	-	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	15	15	14	14	14	-	16	-	3	15	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	5	3	3	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1464	1464	2409	1606	3134	2766	3195	3812	4021	1383	6205	5987	5444	5403	5035	4966	4518	4455	1533	1513	1492	3490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:57PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)			2:25PM 0.39	3:53PM 0.61											2:52AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14