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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	Tue	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	1.5 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	7	18	10	16	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	10	10	9	9	8
Energy(?)	260	171	337	227	47	299	334	266	228	242	47	37	37	40	34	23	49	86	80	253	153	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:45AM 1.63			7:35AM 1.61		7:27PM 1.53	7:54AM 1.62		8:15PM 1.53	8:45AM 1.61		10:42PM 1.62	10:08AM 2.06		10:34PM 1.57	10:55AM 1.60		12:30AM 1.77	12:54PM 1.73		12:13AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 0.33		1:51PM 0.36	1:02AM 0.35		1:34PM 0.41	1:49AM 0.35		3:18PM 0.35	2:40AM 0.35		4:07PM 0.33			4:26PM 0.67		4:47AM 0.31	4:59PM 0.30		6:30AM 0.27	6:55PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	7	-	5	3	1	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	17	12	20	14	12	14	11	11	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	11	11
Low °C	13	14	14	11	18	12	11	12	9	10	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	13	18	17	10	20	12	10	14	9	9	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	18	10	9	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	8	6	10	10	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	5	7	8	4	16	9	6	7	7	6	5	7	7	9	8	7	7	13	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 NE	-	0.7 ENE	1.1 E	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	7	7	5	-	5	5	-	2	5	-	-	2	5	2	-	-	6	4	9	9	6

	Tue	Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Friday 26
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Crossroads Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	1.2 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	8	18	18	17	16	16	10	10	16	9	15	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	379	311	240	218	147	122	337	743	227	268	503	302	303	55	52	97	223	220	271	275	285	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:19PM 1.52			6:29AM 1.68				6:42PM 1.55	8:06PM 1.52				8:33AM 1.63				7:44PM 1.49				9:23AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			1:22AM 0.33			12:49PM 0.41					1:02AM 0.35				1:52PM 0.84				2:49AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	13	12	12	13	15	17	17	14	11	11	10	11	14	20	21	17	11	11	11	11	12	14
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	12	15	16	17	14	8	11	9	10	14	20	21	17	10	11	11	11	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	18	5	6	10	10	10	5	15	15	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	13	7	4	5	7	8	18	8	11	10	6	4	4	9	7	9	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	4	4	6	7	8	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	3	9	5	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 23				Wednesday 24
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Crossroads Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.5 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	19
Energy(?)	513	504	379	410	267	312	341	259	240	285	246	184	152	75	66	127	129	115	165	183	357	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:19PM 1.52												7:45AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)						12:16AM 0.34												12:51PM 0.41	1:51PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	15	18	17	18	18	14	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	15	18	17	18	18	12	10	10	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	13	13	7	7	7	5	4	4	5	5	5	9	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	-	4	3	6	7	7	7	8