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 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.5 S	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	10	14	14	16	15	14	13	6	10	12	14	8	8	9	9	15	10	10	14
Energy(?)	1149	367	381	171	67	59	110	559	424	374	213	175	148	157	782	1397	572	567	117	894	754	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:35AM 1.75	5:57PM 1.76		6:19AM 1.69	6:42PM 1.71		7:04AM 1.62		7:28PM 1.66	6:53AM 1.53	6:54PM 1.62		7:14AM 1.50		9:07PM 1.57	9:32AM 1.48		9:10PM 1.49	10:25AM 1.47		10:09PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	11:29PM 0.22	11:47AM 0.24		12:10AM 0.27	12:27PM 0.29		12:51AM 0.32		1:06PM 0.34	1:32AM 0.37			1:15AM 0.49		2:29PM 0.44	2:58AM 0.47		3:14PM 0.48	3:33AM 0.55		3:47PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	4	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	18	16	11	10	11	10	11	12	13	14	13	16	15	15	18	18	14	12	12	11
Low °C	16	16	15	11	10	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	14	15	15	11	12	12	10
Chill °C (?)	20	17	18	16	9	10	9	7	9	10	11	13	12	16	14	14	18	18	14	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.6 E	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	11	10	7	7	16	15	14	13	6	6	9	10	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	13	5	10	7	8	15	15	14	10	10	12	14	10	13	13	14	15	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SE	0.5 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	-	0.9 E	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	7	6	6	-	-	5	6	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	10	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1128	1149	637	541	515	285	238	237	299	265	83	101	99	68	59	90	214	484	192	490	157	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	on
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:35AM 1.75				5:57PM 1.76				5:02AM 1.72				6:42PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		11:29PM 0.22				11:47AM 0.24				12:10AM 0.27				11:11AM 0.27				12:51AM 0.32				12:21PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	-
Temp. °C	19	19	17	15	15	17	18	18	17	17	16	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	15	15	17	18	18	17	17	15	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	8	7	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	12	10	11	11	11	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	6	7	7	9	8	7	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.8 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	6

	Thursday 02				Friday 03
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1211	1396	1128	980	1183	820	795	754	835	726	444	541	464	438	367	355	349	285	176	253	177	174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					11:29PM 0.22												11:47AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	20	18	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	20	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	4	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	14	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	4	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-