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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	Fri	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 SE	0.8 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	10	14	13	15	15	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	13	8	9	9	10	14	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	210	82	136	395	551	445	9	90	208	172	232	204	64	529	539	655	533	157	444	284	199	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:19AM 1.69	6:42PM 1.71		5:43AM 1.65	6:07PM 1.69		7:51AM 1.56		8:16PM 1.61	8:40AM 1.51		9:07PM 1.57	9:32AM 1.48		9:59PM 1.55	10:25AM 1.47		10:51PM 1.56	11:16AM 1.48		11:05PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	12:10AM 0.27	12:27PM 0.29		11:37PM 0.33	11:54AM 0.34		12:24AM 0.41		1:46PM 0.39	2:14AM 0.43		2:29PM 0.44	2:58AM 0.47		3:14PM 0.48	3:46AM 0.50		4:03PM 0.49		4:38AM 0.52	4:36PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	5	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	11	9	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	14	18	19	17	15	13	11	11	12	13
Low °C	12	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	14	14	13	14	18	13	13	13	9	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	17	10	8	8	9	8	9	12	11	11	12	13	12	18	19	17	15	12	8	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:06	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	7	7	15	15	14	13	9	10	11	14	10	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	10	7	8	7	15	14	13	12	9	11	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	-	0.8 NE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	4	-	-	7	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	-	-	3	4	4	6	-	4	6

	Fri	Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	6
Energy(?)	331	265	115	99	82	73	87	60	457	775	924	923	551	457	445	344	308	242	242	175	75	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:02AM 1.72				6:42PM 1.71					7:04AM 1.62				7:28PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		12:10AM 0.27				11:11AM 0.27				12:51AM 0.32					1:06PM 0.34				1:32AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	15	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	18	18	14	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	7	8	7	7	8	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	11	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	14	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	13	6	10	10	10	4	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	15	15	15	9	9	11	10	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	-

	Friday 03	Saturday 04
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7
Energy(?)	333	334	197	205	212	210	198	115	202	193	234	216	85	85	73	73	63	76	77	88	61	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)												6:19AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				10:53PM 0.25														12:27PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	16	17	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	12	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	5	5	6	6	6	10	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5