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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Southland Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	0	6	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	1.9 W	0.9 SW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	13	12
Energy	1728	1539	2410	5556	2994	6638	3124	1247	824	1213	1162	589	639	253	255	209	52	107	167	422	1297	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:12AM 1.83		9:34PM 1.85	9:58AM 1.85		11:39PM 2.29	10:40AM 1.88		10:58PM 1.93			12:42AM 2.04		12:03PM 1.96	1:21AM 2.04		12:42PM 1.96	12:51AM 1.95		1:22PM 1.94	1:25AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	3:00AM 0.43		3:29PM 0.43		3:46AM 0.41	4:13PM 0.44		4:28AM 0.38	4:47PM 0.45		6:11AM 0.37	5:33PM 0.46	6:32PM 0.46	5:52AM 0.35		7:12PM 0.48	7:55AM 0.64		6:50PM 0.49	7:10AM 0.37		7:24PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	12	-	-	-	1
High °C	6	8	9	6	10	11	10	11	12	9	11	11	10	12	14	15	13	12	12	11	11	11
Low °C	4	5	9	5	6	11	10	8	9	8	10	10	9	9	13	14	13	11	11	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	5	7	6	3	9	9	8	11	12	9	9	10	9	10	12	14	12	10	12	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	8:17	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.2 S	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 NW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	0.6 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	14	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 SW	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	-	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	10	9	9	9	10	13	12	5	6	11	11	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 E	0.3 NNE	-	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.9 W	-
Period (s)	-	3	13	13	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	3	-	5	4	13	-

	Tue	Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	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	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	7	5	6	9	8	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	2100	1728	1728	1556	1539	1376	2410	6077	4912	5556	9258	7253	2994	3075	6638	5994	2119	3124	1670	1484	1247	1033
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)	8:53PM 1.86					9:12AM 1.83				9:34PM 1.85				9:58AM 1.85				11:39PM 2.29				10:40AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)			3:00AM 0.43					3:23PM 0.43				3:46AM 0.41				4:13PM 0.44				4:28AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	5	4	5	8	9	7	6	5	5	5	6	10	11	11	8	10	8	8	8	11
Chill °C (?)	8	5	3	2	2	7	6	5	3	2	2	2	4	9	9	9	7	8	7	7	6	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.2 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	13	14	13	13	14	14	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26	Wednesday 27
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	7	5	6	9	8	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	2016	1989	2100	1921	1945	1728	1728	1728	1728	1728	1728	1556	1556	1561	1539	1539	1518	1376	3227	2132	2410	2569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:53PM 1.86													9:12AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)									3:00AM 0.43													3:29PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	8	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	6	7	6	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	15	16	16	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	1.7 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	14	-	13	13