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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	Wed		Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	11	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	12	17	16	16	18	16	16	12	14	14	13
Energy	326	518	611	243	207	147	151	221	2091	878	2019	7476	14542	9716	10598	1471	6612	3691	1492	3299	1820	1374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:05AM 1.85	3:22AM 1.95	2:44PM 1.84			3:26PM 1.79		3:35AM 1.78	4:11PM 1.75		4:15AM 1.72	4:59PM 1.73		5:12AM 1.74			6:00AM 1.73		8:06PM 2.14	7:05AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		8:04PM 0.55	9:34AM 0.48		10:11PM 0.76	9:13AM 0.47		9:34PM 0.62	9:57AM 0.50		10:19PM 0.64	10:38AM 0.51		11:08PM 0.64	11:35AM 0.51	1:06PM 0.69	11:55PM 0.60		1:37PM 0.51	2:27AM 0.72		1:27PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	5	6	7	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	14	13	14	14	12	10	10	9	8	11	13	13	13	8	9	12	11	12	12
Low °C	10	10	11	13	12	12	13	11	10	9	8	6	11	11	13	11	6	5	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	9	12	13	12	13	13	11	7	6	4	5	7	10	10	10	5	8	9	9	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.4 WSW	-	1.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	1.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	-	15	-	9	17	-	-	18	16	16	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	14	10	7	7	6	6	7	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.5 N	0.3 N	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	6	3	3	3	-	-	10	9	9	12	17	16	16	16	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons 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	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 W
Period(s)	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	18	6
Energy	326	292	316	518	493	470	611	560	243	244	234	207	217	155	147	212	151	169	218	221	183	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:11AM 1.88				2:44PM 1.84									3:26PM 1.79				3:35AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			8:10PM 0.55					9:34AM 0.48			8:51PM 0.59	10:11PM 0.76				10:18AM 0.52				9:34PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	12	10	10	10	9	10	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	8	8	8	6	7	9	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	12	11	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	11	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.8 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	14	13	10	13	7	7	7	7	9	7	6	12	6	6	6	7	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NW	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	2.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	6	-	3	7	3	3	3	3	3	9	-	-	-	-	10	6

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	385	329	326	298	294	292	292	316	316	315	296	518	543	542	493	485	476	470	464	507	611	611
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)															2:11AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)									8:10PM 0.55													9:34AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	11	10	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	7	6	6	8	8	7	7	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6