Otago Surf

Otago Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Otago Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Otago Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Otago Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Otago Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Otago Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Otago Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Otago Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Otago Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Otago Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	0	3	4	3	4	2	2	6	6	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.5 SSW	0.8 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 S
Period(s)	10	6	6	7	9	12	8	8	10	9	9	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	13	12	11	10
Energy	245	208	396	93	347	55	247	237	288	224	1050	1138	521	1188	409	3269	5067	5712	3808	1584	1024	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:19AM 1.54	5:46PM 1.63	6:11PM 1.60	5:42AM 1.53		6:01PM 1.63	6:25AM 1.54		8:35PM 1.58	7:31AM 1.45		8:22PM 1.51	8:19AM 1.47		9:13PM 1.53	9:09AM 1.51		9:38PM 1.58	11:26AM 1.68		10:15PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	11:44PM 0.44	11:33AM 0.41		12:34AM 0.46		1:13PM 0.39	12:45AM 0.38		1:05PM 0.44	2:27AM 0.41		1:52PM 0.43	2:47AM 0.43		3:00PM 0.39		3:12AM 0.42	3:30PM 0.37		4:53AM 0.32	5:22PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	15	14	14	15	14	11	11	8	8	11	11	15	16	14	8	10	11	13	14	13
Low °C	9	9	14	12	14	13	12	11	9	7	6	11	10	13	13	7	7	9	9	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	12	15	13	13	15	14	8	9	4	5	8	8	14	16	12	5	8	9	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	0.8 S	1.4 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	10	6	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	18	8	16	16	16	16	16	13	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.8 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	1.9 SSW	2.3 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	10	10	12	12	12	11	17	15	21	9	17	7	8	-	-	16	13	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	0.6 W	-	2.2 SSW	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	4	6	6	2	-	-	-	4	10	9	9	9	-	4	-	16	-	3	-	-	-	3

	Wed	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	0.4 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW
Period(s)	11	10	10	11	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Energy	403	245	356	59	208	231	396	382	103	93	103	346	347	284	55	221	278	247	210	85	237	167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:19AM 1.54				5:46PM 1.63	6:11PM 1.60			5:42AM 1.53					6:01PM 1.63				6:25AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		11:44PM 0.44				11:33AM 0.41					12:34AM 0.46				1:13PM 0.39				12:45AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	9	9	9	13	15	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	13	14	13	13	13	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	6	7	7	12	15	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	15	13	14	13	12	12	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	9	10	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	12	11	11	13	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	4	4	10	6	6	6	6	7	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Brighton Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE
Period(s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	6	6	6	6	10	6	6	6
Energy	411	379	403	331	250	245	245	356	356	356	231	59	118	99	208	211	228	231	208	229	396	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												5:19AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)						11:44PM 0.44												11:33AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	13	13	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	7	9	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	10	12	12	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	9	10	11	11	13	13	13	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	10	10	10	5	6	5	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6