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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	Sun	Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	3	3	2	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.2 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	13	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	8	7	8	9
Energy(?)	180	247	466	51	296	340	585	259	785	475	331	222	166	258	173	338	211	443	612	334	998	652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:55AM 1.96	12:37PM 1.58		1:24AM 1.57		2:20PM 1.61	1:49AM 1.64		2:19PM 1.56	2:45AM 1.65		3:45PM 1.59		4:08AM 1.68	3:25PM 1.62	3:36AM 1.76		4:04PM 1.63		4:16AM 1.77	4:32PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		6:19AM 0.41			7:24AM 0.41		7:22PM 0.37	8:08AM 0.41		8:19PM 0.36	8:48AM 0.41		10:02PM 0.33	10:31AM 0.35		9:43PM 0.28	10:13AM 0.30		10:07PM 0.33	10:54AM 0.30		10:50PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	5	5	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	9	3	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	19	12	13	11	11	13	12	12	14	19	16	9	9	7	9	11	9	14	13	11
Low °C	15	19	13	12	13	9	9	11	12	11	14	17	8	9	8	5	9	10	7	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	18	20	18	10	12	11	8	12	10	12	13	19	15	7	7	4	5	8	6	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	14	13	8	8	8	16	15	8	13	12	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	12	4	18	17	8	9	10	8	7	10	10	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 ENE	2.2 NE	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	7	-	-	-	4	5	14	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	6	7	8	7	8	9

	Sun	Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Moeraki Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	1.6 NE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	2.3 NE	2.0 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	8	8	13	7	6	8	8	8	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	68	390	141	213	295	43	872	490	268	277	246	224	282	249	340	754	656	292	382	545	515	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:18AM 1.59									1:20AM 1.59				1:22PM 1.58				1:48AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				6:37AM 0.39				6:58PM 0.35					8:20AM 0.39				7:35PM 0.33				8:05AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	6	4	16	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	18	17	17	18	20	16	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	10	10	9	7	9	11	13
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	16	16	17	20	16	11	11	12	11	12	13	11	7	7	7	4	6	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	14	13	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	14	14	14	9	12	13	13	11	4	4	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NE	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.3 NE	2.0 NE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	8	8	7	6	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	5	5	5	-

	Sunday 14				Monday 15
	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	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Moeraki Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.6 NE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	7	7	14	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	13	8	7	13
Energy(?)	190	148	117	173	180	45	384	120	183	188	207	130	128	44	247	373	437	303	76	631	632	185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																		12:37PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)													7:29AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	19	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	20	15	15	21	22	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	19	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	20	13	13	21	22	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.2 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	12	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	7	6	12	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	7	9	12	12	12	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	13