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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	Wed	Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	1	4	4	5	4	0	0	4	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	16	14	13	12	12	14	12	12	11	5	10	13	12	12	11	11	13	10	13
Energy(?)	202	139	604	2428	2009	313	2210	3183	872	2047	165	612	32	187	256	190	108	152	194	45	181	2026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:41AM 1.82		9:24PM 2.18	9:56AM 2.16		9:04PM 1.82	9:38AM 1.83		9:57PM 1.85	10:23AM 1.86		10:43PM 1.88	11:03AM 1.90		11:18PM 1.88	11:34AM 1.90		12:00AM 1.95	12:13PM 1.96		12:37AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	1:13AM 0.41		1:52PM 0.56	3:40AM 0.58		2:55PM 0.53	3:23AM 0.43		3:48PM 0.48		4:12AM 0.42	4:34PM 0.43		4:54AM 0.41	5:14PM 0.39		5:27AM 0.40	5:46PM 0.35		6:10AM 0.40	6:28PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	21	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	7	19
High °C	13	12	13	11	18	10	8	10	11	10	13	15	11	18	19	17	21	19	14	16	14	13
Low °C	10	11	13	9	15	8	7	9	11	6	10	13	10	13	17	15	18	17	14	15	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	17	9	5	6	8	7	12	14	10	18	19	16	21	19	14	16	13	12
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	16	14	13	-	-	-	-	7	11	10	10	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.1 SE	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	5	8	8	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	20	8	11	13	8	9	8	8	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	3	12	12	14	12	-	-	5	3	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	0	0	2	2	3	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	13	13	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	76	377	424	290	304	566	185	183	1081	2428	2020	2027	2009	2254	3893	301	220	2762	1985	2445	3183	4181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					8:57AM 2.17				8:02PM 1.82				8:44AM 1.81				8:59PM 1.79				9:38AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			1:19AM 0.41				1:52PM 0.56				2:25AM 0.44				2:55PM 0.53				3:23AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	1	1	2	1
Temp. °C	12	11	10	10	11	12	13	13	11	10	9	9	15	18	11	8	7	6	7	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	12	10	8	10	11	12	12	13	11	10	7	6	14	17	9	6	5	4	3	4	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	13	13	16	14	14	14	13	-	13	12	12	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	10	8	8	8	8	8	18	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	3.5 W	0.6 W	-	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	3	-	12	12	12	12	14

	Wednesday 12	Thursday 13
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	1	0	0	2	2	3	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	99	314	314	201	202	377	113	111	424	487	496	562	596	530	539	151	153	156	575	594	604	614
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													7:41AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)							1:19AM 0.41												1:52PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	12	9	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.4 W	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	6	9	9	8	5	10	12	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	5	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-