Otago Surf

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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	Wed	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	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 Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 E	1.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 E	1.0 SW	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	7	9	9	12	8	8	9	9	9	12	15	12	11	10	9	9	7	11
Energy(?)	813	667	367	405	168	211	110	16	263	428	585	597	329	968	125	1246	803	448	365	181	248	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:00AM 1.40		8:20PM 1.49	10:16AM 1.48		10:41PM 1.58	11:04AM 1.52		10:54PM 1.53	11:50AM 1.58				12:35PM 1.65	12:59AM 1.74						2:28AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	2:29AM 0.55		2:22PM 0.56	2:55AM 0.41	3:38AM 0.52	3:55PM 0.49		4:32AM 0.51	4:02PM 0.36		5:26AM 0.47	5:45PM 0.42		6:19AM 0.41		6:38PM 0.35						8:19PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	3	2	3	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	13	13	15	11	16	16	15	17	17	13	13	15	12	13	14	11	11	9	8
Low °C	13	14	16	11	11	12	10	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	12	10	10	8	7
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	12	12	14	8	15	15	15	17	17	13	13	15	11	12	13	10	8	7	6
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.1 S	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 E	1.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	2.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	12	8	9	9	9	12	14	12	11	10	9	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	15	16	14	7	13	13	12	8	14	13	13	14	18	15	14	12	14	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	2	5	7	8	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	4	7	-

	Wed	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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 Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	9	9	6	6	7	12
Energy(?)	1020	1276	1093	1094	667	619	556	606	671	235	351	313	348	233	69	66	211	226	227	453	236	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:06PM 1.48					9:25AM 1.47			8:20PM 1.49	9:09PM 1.48				10:16AM 1.48				9:38PM 1.50				11:04AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			2:05AM 0.58					3:03PM 0.49				3:38AM 0.52				3:55PM 0.49				3:54AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	13	14	14	17	16	15	14	14	10	10	11	12	13	12	11	10	10	10	11	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	13	14	14	17	16	15	13	14	8	8	11	10	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 E	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	7	7	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.3 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	7	-	2	4	5	6	6	6	7	7

	Wednesday 08					Thursday 09
	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 Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.7 SSW	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1108	1308	926	1347	876	813	814	815	1205	540	740	737	737	269	667	670	625	619	619	609	586	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:31PM 1.49														9:25AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)									2:02AM 0.40												2:44PM 0.53	3:03PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	14	17	15	14	14	14	15	16	13	13	11	14	14	15	17	18	18	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	14	17	15	13	13	14	15	15	12	12	10	13	14	15	17	18	18	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-