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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	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mitchell's Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 W	0.3 S	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	11	15	14	13	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	18
Energy(?)	418	292	279	417	325	139	169	1735	978	46	2561	1844	383	1205	339	257	273	201	136	122	308	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:03PM 1.72	9:09AM 1.61		9:57PM 1.63	11:22AM 1.79		10:52PM 1.72	11:03AM 1.77		11:37PM 1.82	1:00PM 2.16		12:16AM 1.92	12:23PM 1.99		12:47AM 1.97	1:00PM 2.09		1:22AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		2:31PM 0.75			3:40PM 0.71		5:14AM 0.75	4:37PM 0.62		5:01AM 0.68	5:23PM 0.50		7:02AM 0.65	6:04PM 0.37		6:22AM 0.45	6:41PM 0.25		6:58AM 0.34		7:12PM 0.15	7:33AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	15	23	25	21	15	16	13	14	14	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	15	12	16
Low °C	13	17	13	18	23	17	13	16	10	12	14	11	12	13	11	12	13	10	11	15	10	12
Chill °C (?)	14	20	15	23	25	21	14	14	11	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	15	10	15
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	9	11	15	14	13	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.8 W	0.3 S	-	-	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	7	8	-	8	12	-	-	16	15	-	-	12	21	13	12	12	4	15	14	20	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 NW	-	0.6 NNE	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	0.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	3	-	7	-	3	8	10	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	4	4

	Wednesday 11					Thursday 12								Friday 13								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	8	12	11	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	325	284	398	99	456	279	633	444	417	403	325	251	205	139	105	3	169	2528	1735	1516	1709	1534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:58AM 1.60				8:48PM 1.58				9:09AM 1.61									10:07AM 1.64				10:52PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			3:45PM 0.75								3:40PM 0.71					4:10AM 0.78				4:37PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	15	17	15	13	14	13	18	23	25	23	20	21	19	17	13	14	16	16	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	17	14	17	15	13	14	12	18	23	25	23	20	21	19	16	10	13	14	14	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 NE	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	10	11	3	12	12	9	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	4	8	5	-	-	7	8	9	9	12	12	8	-	-	-	-	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 SW	-	0.9 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	1.4 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	3	11	-	5	7	7	-	-	-	2	3	3	12	8	11	10	11	11	-

	Wednesday 11	Thursday 12
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	12
Energy(?)	325	325	418	113	331	284	406	292	292	289	295	295	301	282	456	456	452	104	330	329	168	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:58AM 1.60		9:16AM 1.70											8:48PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)								2:31PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	15	16	17	14	19	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	15	16	17	14	19	20	19	18	17	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	13	12
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	18	18	18	4	4	4	8	15	8	7	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-