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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	Fri		Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	1.1 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.7 NE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	18	7	7	12	13	13	12	12	7	13	8	7
Energy(?)	139	519	651	850	371	325	257	234	113	69	6	198	80	78	51	36	32	138	121	46	578	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:32AM 1.92	6:59PM 1.75		7:33AM 1.87		8:02PM 1.70	8:37AM 1.82		9:07PM 1.67	8:06AM 1.91		8:55PM 1.70	10:42AM 1.75		11:10PM 1.65	11:39AM 1.73		11:03PM 1.66	11:33AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		12:13AM 0.01	12:48PM 0.07		1:07AM 0.05		1:44PM 0.12	2:03AM 0.11		2:10PM 0.20	3:01AM 0.17		3:41PM 0.24	3:15AM 0.22	4:02AM 0.23	4:42PM 0.29		5:06AM 0.27	5:45PM 0.31		5:12AM 0.27	5:43PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	-
High °C	16	16	20	22	9	11	12	14	17	16	11	12	11	10	13	12	12	12	12	11	18	15
Low °C	14	15	16	11	9	11	12	12	16	15	9	11	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	10	13	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	20	22	6	9	10	14	17	16	9	11	9	7	10	9	10	12	11	11	18	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	6	6	6	6	7	7	13	13	8	8	12	13	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	10	10	8	5	9	9	-	12	12	9	8	8	12	7	7	12	12	6	8	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 NNE	-	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	-	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	2.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 NE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	8	5	8	-	7	4	5	-	6	6	7	-	5	6	7	3	6	7	6	8	14

	Friday 07			Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	93	222	345	519	565	679	651	623	705	204	397	859	405	295	325	320	239	229	173	234	262	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:00PM 1.80				6:32AM 1.92				6:06PM 1.81				6:21AM 2.00	7:33AM 1.87				8:02PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				12:13AM 0.01				12:48PM 0.07				12:24AM 0.08	1:07AM 0.05				1:44PM 0.12				1:06AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	16	15	15	15	16	20	22	19	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	20	22	19	7	8	7	7	8	7	8	8	9	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	5	5	10	10	8	8	8	5	7	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	4	4	-	8	8	-	5	5	8	8	5	-	-	7	7	4	4	4	5	5	6	5

	Friday 07										Saturday 08
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	10	15	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	87	139	139	139	222	222	257	256	345	128	222	92	201	200	250	250	238	258	258	324	454	315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					6:00PM 1.80													6:32AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	15	16	14	13	14	14	13	14	15	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	16	12	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	15	16	14	13	14	14	12	14	15	16	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	6	8	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	5