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	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	4	4	1	3	2	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.7 ESE	3.0 S	2.4 S	0.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	10	9	10	9	9	8	8	11	11	12	6	11	10	10	8	10	12	12
Energy(?)	582	388	304	128	2777	1287	211	903	442	298	197	138	127	136	196	200	389	385	97	304	473	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:27PM 2.06	9:11AM 1.61		10:30PM 2.11	10:32AM 2.05		11:33PM 2.19	11:34AM 2.12		12:20AM 1.75	12:45PM 1.67		1:21AM 1.84		1:44PM 1.75	2:04AM 1.95		2:31PM 2.43	3:23AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		3:07PM 0.62	3:33AM 0.74		4:02PM 0.62		4:30AM 0.82	4:58PM 0.63		5:37AM 0.86	5:56PM 0.64		6:35AM 0.28	6:56PM 0.18		7:19AM 0.24		7:39PM 0.11	8:33AM 0.68		8:49PM 0.56	9:23AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	15	14	13	15	13	13	11	17	17	17	20	16	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	19
Low °C	12	14	15	13	13	12	12	12	10	14	16	16	19	15	10	13	13	12	13	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	13	16	15	12	11	14	13	10	10	17	17	17	20	15	11	13	11	11	13	11	13	19
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	2.2 S	2.4 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	8	8	7	11	12	5	11	10	10	8	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	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	10	12	10	12	11	10	10	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 S	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	9	10	9	-	3	-	-	5	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	8	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	4.0 SSW	1.1 SE	2.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	430	559	582	7199	388	2210	330	304	300	253	216	140	140	127	140	2609	923	1973	1054	543	179	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)			8:44AM 2.03				9:27PM 2.06				9:36AM 2.02									10:32AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	2:43AM 0.67				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	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	13	16	14	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	12	11	10	11	12	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	11	16	13	15	14	15	15	16	12	12	12	10	9	8	9	12	13	14	11
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	3.5 S	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	2.1 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	2.3 S	2.1 SSE	2.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.0 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	18	17	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.3 SSE	-	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	9

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	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	8	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	5.5 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	3.0 S	0.8 E	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	11	9	11	12	12	12	9
Energy(?)	516	505	430	15207	455	559	574	574	582	515	467	157	157	322	128	2601	125	2051	2206	330	330	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:44AM 2.03													9:27PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		2:43AM 0.67												2:59PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	14	13	14	13	14	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	6	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	11	13	13	15	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	4.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	10	9	9	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	-	12	20	9	9	9	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	5.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	-	11