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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	Sat		Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	3	0	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	7	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	8	11	10	9	6	7	8	18	16	15
Energy(?)	125	343	381	406	640	316	376	777	294	410	167	91	76	123	82	52	357	92	121	28	342	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:32PM 1.64	8:57AM 1.53		8:58PM 1.53	9:24AM 1.48		10:00PM 1.49	11:38AM 1.53		12:05AM 1.59	12:27PM 1.53		11:34PM 1.63	12:00PM 1.56	1:15PM 1.55	1:41AM 1.64		1:13PM 1.51	1:39AM 1.64		2:44PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		3:21AM 0.39		3:43PM 0.41	3:16AM 0.49		3:41PM 0.49		5:05AM 0.50	5:26PM 0.48		6:03AM 0.52	5:32PM 0.38		6:07AM 0.42		7:19PM 0.46	7:56AM 0.47		7:10PM 0.43	7:41AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	20	15	14	12	13	13	14	12	17	18	18	15	17	15	19	18	19	14	14	12	15	15
Low °C	19	9	12	12	11	11	13	12	14	16	15	15	17	15	18	18	16	14	13	11	13	14
Chill °C (?)	20	14	13	11	13	12	13	10	17	18	18	15	16	14	18	17	19	12	13	11	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	9:02	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	7	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	8	11	10	9	6	7	8	8	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	5	7	13	13	10	9	9	13	5	9	5	6	6	7	7	11	9	10	12	5	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 NE	1.6 NE	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	-	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	4	4	5	6	4	5	-	-	4

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	0	2	2	3	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	14	14	13	8	13	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	297	418	52	219	309	255	561	1738	142	700	608	593	673	674	717	370	376	389	368	368	398	583
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 1.57				8:28AM 1.56					10:24PM 1.61			9:20AM 1.62	10:47AM 1.56				10:01PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	2:56PM 0.34				2:21AM 0.40				3:43PM 0.41				3:26AM 0.39					4:33PM 0.46				5:05AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	11	9	10	11	15	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	13	12	11	10	9	12
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	8	6	8	9	14	11	11	11	12	9	9	9	13	12	10	9	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	4	14	14	13	8	8	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	0.4 NE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	4	5	7	7	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4

	Saturday 07										Sunday 08
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	0	2	2	3	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	7	7	7
Energy(?)	301	297	39	129	269	330	361	357	208	499	1289	1289	44	70	70	195	175	176	176	164	405	393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:03PM 1.60	9:32PM 1.64											8:29AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		2:56PM 0.34												2:39AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	21	19	21	20	19	18	15	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	19	19	21	19	21	20	19	18	13	10	9	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	7	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	6	5	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	4	-	4	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	7	7	-	7	7