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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	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.2 E	1.9 E	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	10	10	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	63	170	182	54	75	63	34	47	157	132	82	124	143	188	194	149	765	1206	547	432	312	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 1.49	8:44AM 1.61		10:42PM 1.62	11:08AM 1.67		10:07PM 1.60	12:01PM 1.70		12:30AM 1.77	12:54PM 1.73		12:13AM 1.77	12:39PM 1.73		2:18AM 1.91		1:23PM 1.85	1:52AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		2:45PM 0.39	3:04AM 0.35		4:07PM 0.33		4:30AM 0.32	4:59PM 0.30		5:28AM 0.30	5:56PM 0.27		6:30AM 0.27	5:54PM 0.23		6:29AM 0.25	6:51PM 0.16	7:56PM 0.16	8:35AM 0.18		8:12PM 0.14	9:35AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	10	13	14	11	14	14	12	13	14	11	13	13	12	11	12	12	13	16	13	13
Low °C	15	12	8	12	13	8	12	13	10	12	13	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	14	10	12	14	11	13	13	11	12	13	10	11	11	9	8	9	10	13	15	12	12
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 SE	1.9 E	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	4	16	14	13	13	12	12	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 SE
Period (s)	8	8	4	7	9	4	10	12	12	13	9	12	8	9	9	10	9	13	15	15	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	4	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	11	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	9
Energy(?)	347	51	65	199	212	88	84	77	142	40	42	39	87	63	61	60	66	47	47	78	72	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:23AM 1.63				9:48PM 1.57				8:44AM 1.61	10:15AM 1.64							9:38AM 1.61	11:08AM 1.67				11:35PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			2:48PM 0.39				3:37AM 0.33					4:07PM 0.33			3:33AM 0.35					4:24PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	4	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	15	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	9	8	8	13	14	14	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	13	17	15	11	11	8	8	9	13	12	12	12	12	9	7	7	12	13	13	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	14	15	8	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	5	8	16	5	9	4	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	4	4	4	5	12	12	12	12	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.4 SE	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	-	2	-	2	3	5	-	4	3	4	-	3	-	3	3	3	3	3	-

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	-
Period(s) (?)	14	6	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	4	-
Energy(?)	285	18	63	218	298	139	141	170	305	164	143	138	253	196	194	194	191	88	86	54	5	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:17AM 1.58												8:14PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)																				2:57AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	15	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	15	14	13	13	14	15	15	14	10	11	10	11	10	9	10	8	8	10	9	8
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	14	15	4	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 NE	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	5	4	8	5	5	5	5	8	11	8	4	4	9	8	8	8	4	4	4	9	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	3	-	-