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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	Wed		Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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 - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	3	4	0	3	2	2	2	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.1 E	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	14	14	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	8
Energy(?)	465	259	183	1067	349	346	272	387	170	442	290	325	432	512	135	1011	483	322	430	122	62	170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:30AM 1.73		3:38PM 1.69		4:32AM 1.69	4:49PM 1.57		4:50AM 1.71	5:06PM 1.59		6:41AM 1.59	5:48PM 1.55		6:33AM 1.61	6:49PM 1.47		6:58AM 1.61		7:03PM 1.53	7:23AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		9:08PM 0.32	9:57AM 0.30		10:11PM 0.34	10:43AM 0.40		10:30PM 0.36	11:03AM 0.42		12:25AM 0.34	12:54PM 0.37		12:00AM 0.43	12:56PM 0.47		12:47AM 0.45		1:24PM 0.51	1:44AM 0.34		2:13PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	22	17	19	12	9	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	18	22
Low °C	12	14	18	17	17	10	9	10	11	11	11	12	11	9	10	10	9	10	12	10	15	20
Chill °C (?)	12	13	22	16	19	10	6	10	11	8	9	12	11	11	10	9	8	10	10	10	17	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 NE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	4	14	14	5	14	14	15	14	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	5	4	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	7	-	-

	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	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	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	15	15	9	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	302	496	809	804	284	249	238	121	231	322	367	357	359	333	281	173	310	248	681	664	643	601
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:56PM 1.74				3:52AM 1.69				3:46PM 1.64					4:09AM 1.73				4:24PM 1.62				4:41AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			9:29PM 0.29				9:59AM 0.37					11:07PM 0.30				10:36AM 0.39				10:50PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	13	13	14	14	18	21	24	21	17	17	15	13	16	11	9	10	10	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	12	15	12	11	14	14	18	21	24	21	16	16	15	13	15	9	9	9	9	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	15	4	4	15	15	15	-	14	6	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	1.8 NE	1.1 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	9	4	5	9	5	-	3	14	4	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19										Thursday 20
	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	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	15	14	10	14	14	10	10	9	9	9	14	14	9	9	9
Energy(?)	302	388	465	465	281	276	299	174	330	491	352	352	438	438	360	300	386	183	183	402	402	402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)															3:46AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									9:08PM 0.32												9:57AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	13	13	16	15	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	11	14	13	11	12	14	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	16	12	12	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	10	14	12	11	12	14	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	15	14	14	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	3	-	-	3	-	-