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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	Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			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	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	4	1	4	3	1	3	2	2	1	2	1	4	3	2	3	2	0	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	3.5 SSW	0.7 ESE	2.5 S	2.3 S	0.7 E	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	11	10	9	11	9	9	8	8	11	11	12	12	11	13	12	9	13	12	12
Energy(?)	582	388	3957	128	2678	1207	116	917	431	333	209	140	92	324	819	288	880	541	139	569	157	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:27PM 2.06	9:36AM 2.02		10:30PM 2.11	10:32AM 2.05		10:55PM 1.69	11:34AM 2.12		12:21AM 1.75	12:45PM 1.67		1:25AM 1.83		1:38PM 2.35	2:22AM 2.50		2:38PM 1.82	2:56AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 0.34	3:33AM 0.74		4:02PM 0.62		4:30AM 0.82	4:38PM 0.32		5:37AM 0.86	5:56PM 0.24		6:35AM 0.28	6:40PM 0.19		7:20AM 0.24		7:53PM 0.62	8:30AM 0.17		8:32PM 0.04	9:32AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	13	14	13	14	15	13	11	13	16	17	23	16	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	17
Low °C	12	14	12	14	13	12	13	12	9	12	15	16	21	14	12	12	13	11	13	13	13	17
Chill °C (?)	14	16	11	12	11	13	14	10	10	11	16	17	23	14	10	12	13	13	13	12	13	17
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	1.2 SSE	2.0 S	0.7 E	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	8	8	7	11	10	10	11	13	12	9	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	9	9	11	12	12	11	14	11	11	11	11	7	5	10	10	9	11	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.6 NE	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	9	10	9	-	-	3	-	5	12	12	-	-	-	-	4	3	4

	Sunday 25					Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wed
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Moeraki Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	5	8	2	4	2	2	2	5	4	4	1	1	1	4	1	4	3	3	1	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	1.1 SE	2.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	2.5 S	0.5 ESE	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.6 SSE	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	9
Energy(?)	3961	7246	388	2210	330	303	300	3149	2801	1205	142	130	140	2559	71	2061	971	589	114	85	542	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:14AM 1.64				9:27PM 2.06				9:11AM 1.61									10:32AM 2.05				10:40PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			3:07PM 0.62				3:33AM 0.74				3:56PM 0.32					4:13AM 0.36				4:55PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	16	14	15	15	15	12	13	17	14	14	12	11	12	11	12	13	15	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	16	13	14	15	15	10	11	17	12	12	10	9	10	9	12	13	14	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	2.3 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.6 SSE	1.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	12	18	18	16	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 SSW	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	12	-	-	-	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	-	-

	Sunday 25																Monday 26
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Moeraki Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	5	8	2	4	2	2	2	5	4	4	1	1	1	4	1	4	3	3	1	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	3.0 S	0.6 ESE	3.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 E	3.0 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	11	9	11	11	11	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	4715	4485	582	476	467	458	450	2886	2690	351	110	108	110	2224	66	4233	311	303	111	105	3472	1988
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:14AM 1.64												8:41PM 1.63	9:05PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)								2:40PM 0.34													3:09AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	13	15	17	13	13	17	14	14	14	13	14	13	15	15	13	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	11	12	14	17	11	11	17	12	12	13	11	12	11	15	15	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 E	-	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	-	9	20	20	20	20	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	12	12	11	11	11	11	-	-	10	10	10	10