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 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point 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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	2	3	2	0	2	3	3	1	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 NE	0.7 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	2.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	11	8	8	5	7
Energy(?)	365	205	272	382	131	395	331	475	285	68	552	918	300	238	330	342	581	132	326	158	113	658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:15AM 1.65	4:25PM 1.62		5:07AM 1.68	5:23PM 1.55		5:31AM 1.69	5:47PM 1.55		6:02AM 1.67	6:19PM 1.52	7:50PM 1.45	8:17AM 1.55		8:40PM 1.44	9:07AM 1.55		8:01PM 1.45	8:32AM 1.56		9:16PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	11:07PM 0.30	11:35AM 0.33		10:50PM 0.28	11:21AM 0.42		11:32PM 0.39	11:48AM 0.46		12:13AM 0.30	12:43PM 0.36		1:47AM 0.38		2:18PM 0.41	2:30AM 0.39		3:02PM 0.41	2:24AM 0.46		3:50PM 0.40	3:35AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	19	16	10	10	11	11	11	12	14	10	11	10	9	14	16	12	22	21	18	23	24	13
Low °C	17	16	10	10	10	11	10	12	11	8	10	10	7	10	15	10	17	19	16	18	19	9
Chill °C (?)	19	16	7	9	11	8	9	12	13	7	9	9	7	13	15	10	22	21	17	23	24	12
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	8	8	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	5	14	14	15	14	10	9	9	9	14	9	9	9	5	12	12	11	11	11	10	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	2.2 SW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	-	0.4 NE	1.6 NE	2.5 NE
Period (s)	5	2	4	-	-	3	4	-	-	12	-	-	3	5	5	6	8	8	-	3	5	7

	Thu	Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9
Energy(?)	367	357	348	712	275	173	176	742	678	654	637	602	367	132	129	152	336	331	269	294	475	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)								4:24PM 1.62				4:41AM 1.71				6:18PM 1.51				5:31AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		11:07PM 0.30				10:36AM 0.39				10:50PM 0.28				12:14PM 0.35				12:25AM 0.34				12:12PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	15	17	15	16	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	9	9	12	13
Chill °C (?)	18	20	15	16	14	15	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	8	8	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	14	5	5	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	3	3	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	9

	Thursday 20				Friday 21
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	9	14	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10
Energy(?)	292	367	410	720	297	293	293	233	229	699	694	712	268	116	116	116	270	271	220	235	272	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																						4:46PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			9:48PM 0.34	10:09PM 0.29													11:35AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	20	19	19	19	16	15	20	18	17	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	20	19	19	19	16	15	20	18	16	9	11	12	12	10	9	10	8	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	14	5	14	5	5	5	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	5	5	5	-	5	5	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4