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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	Thu		Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.8 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	-
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	15	8	7	13	9	12	11	12	12	11	7	7	-
Energy(?)	439	180	133	197	283	148	106	154	173	358	54	25	98	76	88	101	155	27	97	57	53	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:11AM 1.98		2:34PM 1.87	3:08AM 2.05		3:43PM 1.87		4:16AM 2.04	5:27PM 1.83		4:53AM 2.07	5:11PM 1.92		5:33AM 2.06		7:20PM 1.77	7:52AM 1.84		7:20PM 1.74	7:27AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		7:47PM 0.09	8:25AM 0.15		8:44PM 0.02	9:43AM 0.11		10:01PM -0.01	10:32AM 0.09		11:42PM 0.04	11:09AM 0.10		11:51PM 0.00	12:25PM 0.10	1:06PM 0.14	1:24AM 0.12		1:20PM 0.16	1:39AM 0.13		1:47PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	14	14	12	12	13	11	15	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	17	15	14	19	22
Low °C	15	12	14	13	10	12	12	9	13	13	11	14	13	12	14	14	15	16	15	13	18	20
Chill °C (?)	16	13	12	12	9	10	12	10	13	10	14	14	12	15	14	15	16	17	15	14	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	9:31	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	1.2 S	0.3 ENE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	9	8	7	13	4	12	11	8	7	6	7	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	8	20	18	16	15	5	5	10	9	5	6	10	12	11	11	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.6 NE	1.3 NE	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	6	7	-	7	-	4	5	-	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	-

	Thursday 01			Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	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	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 S	0.6 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	368	445	333	305	292	162	133	152	79	194	195	217	215	342	233	131	114	155	105	90	201	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:23PM 1.85				2:12AM 1.98				2:49PM 1.83				3:07AM 2.05					4:31PM 1.83				4:01AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)			7:48PM 0.09				8:41AM 0.14				9:53PM 0.07				9:46AM 0.07	10:31AM 0.11				10:01PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	12	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	11	9	9	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	10	9
Chill °C (?)	13	14	11	10	10	12	12	13	11	10	8	7	7	8	10	10	12	11	12	12	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 SSE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	0.5 ENE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	13	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	3

	Thursday 01										Friday 02
	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	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	389	488	439	401	400	290	245	250	212	325	324	340	340	214	215	332	158	158	154	143	204	186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:23PM 1.85													2:33AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)								8:09PM 0.08												8:47AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	11	11	10	9	12	11	10	10	10	12	13	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.0 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	4	4	8	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5