Otago Surf

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Detailed Otago 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 Otago. 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 Otago. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Otago over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Otago and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Otago 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 Otago Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Otago coastline are also listed below.

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	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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 Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 S	1.2 ESE	1.6 SE	1.1 S	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	9	10	10	10	7	7	9	10	8	8	10	10	8	10	10	13	16	14	14	12	13
Energy(?)	264	78	118	107	86	185	155	528	510	589	320	395	253	320	150	123	158	586	393	435	178	680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 1.99		4:31AM 1.85	4:50PM 1.94		5:45AM 1.76		6:21PM 1.88	6:47AM 1.71		7:26PM 1.84	7:54AM 1.67		8:58PM 2.46	9:03AM 1.66		9:40PM 1.78	10:08AM 1.67		10:42PM 1.77	11:14AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	9:51AM 0.06		10:27PM 0.12	10:47AM 0.09		11:46PM 0.18		12:06PM 0.13	12:48AM 0.22		1:10PM 0.17	1:53AM 0.25		2:15PM 0.19	2:56AM 0.69		3:18PM 0.20		3:57AM 0.25	4:18PM 0.13		5:00AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	10	9	8	8	8	9	7	9	10	7	10	11	9	11	11	10	12	15	14	15
Low °C	9	11	9	8	8	7	7	8	6	8	9	6	7	9	8	10	10	10	10	14	12	14
Chill °C (?)	10	9	8	6	5	6	6	6	4	6	9	5	10	11	8	11	11	9	12	14	13	15
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 SE	0.7 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	9	10	10	10	9	9	7	10	8	7	8	8	8	10	7	7	12	14	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	4	13	19	18	11	7	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	7	10	13	16	7	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 ESE	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	8	8	7	-	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 19					Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Potato Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	264	173	128	144	83	202	148	113	107	80	77	54	106	185	505	238	178	133	128	147	217	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
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	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:07PM 1.99				4:48AM 1.80				5:20PM 1.92				5:46AM 1.76				5:50PM 1.90	6:21PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		9:52AM 0.06				10:46PM 0.13				11:05AM 0.10				11:46PM 0.18	12:07AM 0.50				12:06PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	12	10	11	9	10	9	8	9	8	7	7	7	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	9	9	7	8	6	5	6	5	4	4	5	3	5	6	7	7	7	6	6
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.4 S	1.0 SE	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.2 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 ESE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	14	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	8	9	9	9	7	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	7	9	9	14	14	5	12	10	19	-	18	18	11	11	9	10	7	9	9	7	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.2 ESE	-	1.1 ESE	-	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	-	7	-	9	9	8

	Sunday 19																	Monday 20
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Potato Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	281	184	264	201	34	47	34	45	45	45	49	65	116	128	65	163	166	118	146	146	196	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)											4:24PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)				9:51AM 0.06	10:17AM 0.11												10:46PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	9	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	8	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	14	14	14	14	14	5	5	14	5	5	13	13	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	3	-	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5