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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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 - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	1	2	0	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	13	10	12	10	12	10	12	13	12	13	11	11	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	8
Energy(?)	285	196	419	76	574	341	387	185	206	182	372	525	401	749	682	345	486	356	443	430	252	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:36PM 1.75		4:01AM 1.82	4:19PM 1.80		4:44AM 1.84	5:03PM 1.83	3:58AM 1.94		5:50PM 1.85		5:01AM 1.86	6:39PM 1.85		7:06AM 1.77		7:34PM 1.83	8:02AM 1.73		7:39PM 1.79	7:40AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			9:53PM 0.23	10:18AM 0.24		10:37PM 0.18	11:00AM 0.20		10:28PM 0.14	10:51AM 0.20		11:09PM 0.10	11:14AM 0.12		11:44PM 0.13		1:14PM 0.17	1:44AM 0.19		2:04PM 0.20	2:07AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	18	16	13	11	13	14	12	12	12	13	14	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	17
Low °C	14	13	13	15	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	13	12	12	13	14	11	13	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	12	17	15	10	10	11	13	11	11	10	11	13	11	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	16
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43
Sunset	-	7:57	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 NE	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	13	7	7	10	12	10	7	13	12	13	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	9	10	10	8	10	8	12	7	6	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	9	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NE	1.6 NE	0.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	-	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	6	2	12	-	8	5	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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 Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	9	13	13	7	7	11	7	10	10	9	9	12	10	11	12	10	8
Energy(?)	526	251	196	187	151	125	212	223	307	62	271	74	247	341	206	299	387	90	303	215	78	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:36PM 1.75					4:01AM 1.82							3:37AM 1.86	4:44AM 1.84				5:03PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	9:36AM 0.30				9:53PM 0.23				9:17AM 0.22				9:21PM 0.10	10:37PM 0.18				11:00AM 0.20				10:06PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	15	13	13	14	15	18	15	16	14	12	10	11	10	11	11	13	13	13	12	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	11	11	12	13	17	14	15	12	10	10	10	8	8	9	12	12	13	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	9	13	13	7	7	7	7	10	10	9	9	12	8	11	5	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	13	13	9	10	13	9	12	11	7	8	8	8	10	8	10	12	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 S	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	4	5	5	6	6	6	2	3	11	5	-	-	2	3	8	4	5	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17																Wednesday 18
	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 Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NE	0.8 S	0.9 NE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	4	10	4	13	13	10	13	13	9	13	13	6	6
Energy(?)	710	297	285	249	252	251	485	419	463	26	189	21	367	333	211	304	278	125	232	213	94	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					3:18AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			9:36AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	15	20
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	14	14	12	10	10	9	11	12	12	13	10	11	10	10	12	13	12	14	20
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	10	10	10	10	13	10	13	13	9	13	13	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	10	13	10	9	13	9	9	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.0 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6