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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Southland Wavefinder

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	Sun	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Sat
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	6	2	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	14	16	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	2164	1302	1597	1697	1110	649	848	1116	1214	4132	992	4581	6256	1208	3075	1714	1556	1018
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:33AM	3:45PM		3:59AM	4:46PM		5:04AM	5:55PM		6:14AM		8:22PM	8:49AM		9:22PM 4:33AM	9:46AM
Low Tide / height (m)		10:38PM	11:03AM		9:56PM	10:25AM		10:59PM	11:33AM	9:03PM	12:10AM		12:45PM	2:44AM		3:14PM		3:44AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	12	14	12	12	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	11	10	10	8	10
Low °C	13	12	11	13	10	10	9	6	8	8	6	9	9	10	9	10	7	7
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	14	10	10	8	7	7	6	5	6	6	8	10	9	7	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52
Sunset	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.1 SE	1.6 W	0.3 ESE	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	13	13	13	10	13	9	12	15	14	14	15	16	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	15	10	15	11	-	-	-	-	13	-	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	0.3 WSW	1.9 W	0.4 SW	2.4 WSW	0.6 W	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	13	13	12	12	15	4	14	14	15	-	15	-	-

	Sun	Monday 29	Tuesday 30	Wed
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2164	1390	1342	1302	1477	1548	1597	1647	1697	1599	1452	1110	734	679	649	822	848	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	2:47PM 1.86	4:18PM 2.21				3:06AM 1.84				3:45PM 1.83				5:33AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)				9:03PM 0.58				9:27AM 0.47				9:56PM 0.64					12:04PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	4	2
Temp. °C	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	14	13	11	10	11	13	12	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	14	13	10	8	9	11	10	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 SE	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	15	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.5 N	1.4 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	13	12	13	13