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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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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	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sun
	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	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	3	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 WNW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	0.1 S	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	6	7	12	11	13	6	8	11	11	14	14	14	14	16	14	15	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	170	523	116	204	56	49	99	346	471	1068	1389	1952	1490	1536	1393	5	1148	1900	728	2076	1430	1796
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:23AM 1.86		10:43PM 1.88	11:03AM 1.90		11:23PM 1.92	11:38AM 1.93		12:00AM 1.95	12:13PM 1.96	1:18PM 2.05	1:42AM 2.09		2:10PM 2.29	2:20AM 2.10		1:23PM 1.98	1:51AM 1.98		2:00PM 1.95	2:30AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		4:34PM 0.43		4:54AM 0.41	5:14PM 0.39		5:33AM 0.40	5:52PM 0.35		6:10AM 0.40		7:25PM 0.34	7:45AM 0.43		8:02PM 0.35	7:22AM 0.44		7:40PM 0.34	8:00AM 0.48		8:18PM 0.37	8:38AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	2	3	2	1
High °C	13	14	12	18	20	16	17	16	13	17	18	15	23	22	18	15	10	9	8	9	9	11
Low °C	10	13	10	14	18	14	12	15	12	13	18	13	19	20	12	14	10	8	8	9	8	10
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	18	20	15	16	14	11	16	18	14	23	22	18	15	8	8	8	7	7	8
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 E	1.0 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 ESE	1.6 WNW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	6	11	13	11	8	9	8	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	21	20	8	10	12	8	11	-	10	-	-	11	18	18	16	16	18	-	15	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	1.1 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	2.1 W	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	-	7	3	3	4	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	14	-	12

	Sunday 16							Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 WNW	1.1 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	13	5	6	7
Energy(?)	1578	1101	863	155	116	94	292	244	191	98	204	286	223	165	250	49	47	84	99	171	354	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:23AM 1.86				10:43PM 1.88				12:07PM 2.02				11:23PM 1.92				11:38AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		4:12AM 0.42				4:34PM 0.43				4:54AM 0.41				6:33PM 0.65				5:33AM 0.40				5:52PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	10	13	14	13	11	9	9	11	14	18	16	18	17	15	14	15	17	12	16	16
Chill °C (?)	3	4	9	12	13	11	11	7	7	8	12	18	15	18	16	14	12	14	16	10	14	14
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	0.5 WNW	1.5 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	-	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	21	21	20	20	11	4	19	19	11	10	12	12	13	13	8	8	8	11	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 NNE	1.1 ENE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	3	7	10	10	3	10	3	4	4	4	5	6	7

	Sunday 16
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.6 WSW	0.7 E	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2909	2752	1578	332	314	232	985	879	863	779	99	98	98	598	119	513	428	428	359	349	292	292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										10:23AM 1.86	11:27AM 2.00											10:43PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)				4:12AM 0.42												4:34PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	6	6	5	6	7	8	10	11	11	12	13	14	13	14	14	13	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	4	4	3	4	2	4	5	7	9	11	8	10	12	12	13	12	13	11	10	10	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	21	-	-	21	21	21	21	12	12	12	20	7	20	20	20	20	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	3	-	3	4	4	4	4	-	-