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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	Sun	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	12	11	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	11	9	8	9	10	20	18
Energy	277	215	210	111	94	343	390	369	332	290	299	245	264	92	144	249	397	350	2007	1544	6607	7890
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:13AM 1.96		12:42PM 1.96	12:46AM 1.92		1:22PM 1.94	1:31AM 1.92		2:02PM 1.90	2:11AM 1.88		2:44PM 1.84	2:52AM 1.83		3:26PM 1.79		3:35AM 1.78	4:05PM 1.72		4:21AM 1.75	4:59PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		6:31AM 0.35		6:44PM 0.49	7:04AM 0.37		7:30PM 0.52	7:50AM 0.40		8:10PM 0.55	8:31AM 0.43		8:51PM 0.59	9:07AM 0.47		9:34PM 0.62	9:57AM 0.50		10:19PM 0.64	10:44AM 0.51		11:08PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	12	2	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	4	1	1	2	1
High °C	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	11	13	14	13	12	11	10	9	9	10	11	12	12
Low °C	13	13	13	11	10	12	9	9	12	11	11	13	12	12	10	9	8	8	9	9	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	12	14	13	13	13	10	11	12	9	12	13	12	11	8	8	6	8	6	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	10	11	17	17	-	8	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	-	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	11	4	11	12	11	10	14	-	11	7	20	12	11	10	24	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.0 W	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.2 W	-	0.3 NNW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	4	3	7	3	5	-	3	9	8	9	10	20	18

	Sun	Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.9 W	0.9 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	259	277	84	283	215	211	210	230	204	111	163	283	94	196	343	345	447	390	341	265	369	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:08AM 1.93				12:42PM 1.96				2:11AM 2.22				1:22PM 1.94				1:31AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	6:12PM 0.47				6:31AM 0.35				6:50PM 0.49				7:04AM 0.37				8:53PM 0.75				7:50AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	10	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	11	10	12	13	12	10	10	9	9	9	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	11	9	9	12	13	11	9	9	8	8	7	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 SW
Period (s)	6	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	12	12	11	13	18	18	11	6	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.3 ENE	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 W
Period (s)	12	6	12	6	6	3	5	11	11	11	10	11	4	4	11	9	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	11	5	5	-	-	12	12	6	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 31	Monday 01
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Nicks Point 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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	236	258	259	259	279	277	261	84	84	288	282	283	271	269	215	215	215	211	211	210	210	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							12:13AM 1.96												12:42PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)													6:31AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	3	3	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	5	5	5	-	-	-