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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	5	6	0	0	0	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	0.1 S	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	13	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	13	14
Energy(?)	373	3709	3522	4001	7	816	1745	378	1404	771	818	439	391	279	290	275	367	235	26	279	1446	2694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:54AM 2.30	6:20PM 2.26		5:08AM 1.81	5:31PM 1.75		5:53AM 1.70	6:29PM 1.67		6:53AM 1.65		7:28PM 1.56	7:53AM 1.57		8:48PM 1.58	9:09AM 1.61		11:10PM 2.06	11:30AM 2.04		11:59PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)	10:18PM 0.27	12:17PM 0.62		12:43AM 0.67	11:22AM 0.50		11:45PM 0.58	12:12PM 0.62		12:46AM 0.73		1:20PM 0.72	1:44AM 0.80		3:59PM 0.91	3:05AM 0.83		4:59PM 0.85		5:30AM 0.90	5:53PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	18	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	12	13	13	11	12	12	11	12	18	17	15	16	16	20	21	16	14	14	13
Low °C	12	13	14	10	12	12	10	11	12	10	12	17	14	14	15	14	17	21	9	12	14	10
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	10	11	11	8	11	10	10	12	18	17	15	16	16	20	21	16	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.4 SW	-	0.4 S	2.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	-	13	-	7	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 NW	0.8 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	9	-	8	9	5	8	7	8	7	8	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.1 W	2.1 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	11	12	13	12	12	12	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	5	13	5

	Fri	Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 S	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.1 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	2467	1903	1871	2053	3709	4335	5073	4614	2918	2482	2198	2045	473	411	35	1982	1960	585	1528	1396	974	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:54AM 2.30				4:45PM 1.88				5:14AM 1.84				5:37PM 1.78					7:32AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		11:57PM 0.51				10:37AM 0.38				11:06PM 0.44				11:22AM 0.50	1:05PM 0.75				1:31AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	2	14	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	11	11	12	12	12	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	12	14	14	14	8	8	9	10	11	13	11	10	8	9	9	8	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 S	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.1 S	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	13	13	7	12	12	13	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	7	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	3

	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	3.5 W	0.2 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	0.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	14
Energy(?)	3044	1979	2013	2013	2434	373	360	334	1871	1805	1944	2053	374	3709	14	2235	4905	1459	2934	3218	3522	31
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)										4:32AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)																10:43AM 0.38		12:17PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	14	15	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	-	-	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	0.3 W	-	3.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	11	11	11	12	12	12