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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	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	0	8	9	9	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 ENE	0.5 WSW
Period(s)	13	7	12	16	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	12
Energy	1212	952	451	1498	1010	1728	1534	2472	7192	8839	9058	6480	1624	1043	1421	1045	1222	797	287	308	300	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:57PM 1.81	8:25AM 1.86		8:48PM 1.82	9:12AM 1.83		9:34PM 1.85	9:58AM 1.85		10:15PM 1.87	10:40AM 1.88	12:01PM 2.33	10:58PM 1.93	11:24AM 1.94	12:31PM 2.06	12:42AM 2.04		1:10PM 2.08	1:21AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		1:40PM 0.40	2:08AM 0.46		2:41PM 0.42	3:00AM 0.43		3:29PM 0.43		3:46AM 0.41	4:07PM 0.44		4:28AM 0.38			5:14AM 0.36		6:32PM 0.46	5:52AM 0.35		7:12PM 0.48	6:31AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	13	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7
High °C	11	14	12	8	8	7	8	10	6	10	10	10	10	11	9	8	10	9	12	14	15	13
Low °C	9	12	9	8	8	4	5	9	6	8	10	8	8	10	6	6	9	8	10	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	14	10	7	6	7	7	7	3	8	8	8	10	9	9	8	10	7	10	14	13	12
Sunrise	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21
Sunset	-	5:17	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.2 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.2 S	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	14	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	10	10	9	10	9	12	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	13	13	14	14	14	-	14	-	-	-	3	3	4	8	3

	Monday 25					Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	5	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	13	12	7	12	12	12	12	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	13
Energy	1212	742	952	2668	2639	451	1822	601	1498	1179	1010	1223	1989	1728	1728	1556	1534	1513	2472	4004	4293	7192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:26AM 1.87				7:57PM 1.81				8:25AM 1.86				8:53PM 1.86					9:12AM 1.83				9:34PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)			1:40PM 0.40				2:15AM 0.46				2:41PM 0.42				3:00AM 0.43					3:23PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	11	14	12	11	12	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	5	4	5	8	10	8	6	6
Chill °C (?)	8	10	14	11	9	10	7	6	7	8	6	8	6	5	3	2	3	7	7	6	3	3
Sunrise	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.2 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	8	12	12	-	17	16	5	16	15	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	7	12	12	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	13

	Monday 25																	Tuesday 26
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	5	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 W	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.1 SW	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12
Energy	1201	1697	1212	988	909	742	880	1018	952	1024	2761	2668	2668	2668	2639	2639	1813	451	536	2792	1822	1864
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:26AM 1.87												7:57PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)										3:03PM 0.57											2:15AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
High °C	9	9	9	10	10	11	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	9	9	10	13	11	14	12	12	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	11	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	8	8	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	17	17	17	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	8	12	-	-