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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	Fri		Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	5	4	0	4	4	2	4	3	0	0	3	2	3	3	1	3	3	1	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.1 S	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 W	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	14	16	13	13	14	13	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	13	12
Energy(?)	3179	3025	5	5862	2497	661	1915	746	511	638	977	175	802	734	180	436	984	144	563	1418	2059	1840
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:25AM 2.33		4:09PM 2.54	3:20AM 2.23	4:46AM 2.55	3:36PM 2.17		5:46AM 2.43	4:36PM 2.05		5:23AM 1.97	5:42PM 1.94		6:32AM 1.87	6:52PM 1.86		7:41AM 1.82		9:10PM 1.98	9:49AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		8:09PM -0.07	10:09AM 0.38		9:02PM 0.00	11:04AM 0.46		9:59PM 0.12	12:03PM 0.54		10:56PM 0.24	11:33AM 0.49		12:10AM 0.35	12:43PM 0.55		1:13AM 0.41		1:52PM 0.56	3:26AM 0.40		2:55PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	1	-	3	-	2	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	5	2
High °C	16	13	18	13	9	16	12	14	15	11	10	12	13	11	17	16	13	14	12	11	11	10
Low °C	15	12	14	9	9	13	11	14	13	10	9	10	12	9	14	13	10	13	12	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	15	12	18	11	8	16	9	14	15	8	7	11	12	10	17	16	13	14	11	10	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	9	10	7	12	12	12	12	9	8	13	15	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	-	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.3 NW	-	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	-	16	-	-	-	8	9	9	-	18	12	-	-	13	8	-	12	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 W	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	0.9 E	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	1.9 W	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	-	-	13	-	-	4	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	3	8	12	-	-	3	-	12

	Friday 07			Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.1 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	12	14	14	14	13	13	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	859	1979	3033	3025	3091	2809	2586	1091	5	1094	1064	2497	2221	2036	1891	1657	470	1152	1000	1372	1203	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:25AM 2.33								3:20AM 2.23				3:30PM 2.13					4:19AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			9:39PM 0.22				8:36AM 0.16				8:56PM 0.01				9:30AM 0.27				9:59PM 0.12	11:02PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	13	12	13	15	17	14	9	9	9	9	9	11	15	16	15	14	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	11	10	11	14	16	12	7	9	8	7	7	10	14	16	15	14	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	0.1 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	12	14	14	14	13	13	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 N	0.3 NW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	9	7	7	-

	Friday 07										Saturday 08
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 WSW	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	10	10	13
Energy(?)	2498	3056	3179	3198	3230	1979	1979	1338	0	668	659	3025	2981	2938	3091	2852	791	2809	2626	10	11	2586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:15PM 2.61											2:25AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)								8:09PM -0.07	9:39PM 0.22												9:38AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	13	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	12	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 SW	2.0 W	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-