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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	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	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	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	0	4	3	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	0	0	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.2 S	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 SSE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	10	12	11	8	8	9	13	15	14	14	8	9	10	5	7	8	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	370	240	218	956	1156	946	362	460	198	265	220	105	94	181	150	983	1474	3474	649	1855	1228	780
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:04PM 1.80	2:28AM 1.83		2:49PM 1.86								4:52AM 1.82	4:59PM 2.31				6:17PM 1.89	6:46AM 1.74		7:19PM 1.86	7:49AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			8:19PM 0.21	8:43AM 0.20								10:15PM 0.37	11:05AM 0.11		11:13PM 0.43			12:30AM 0.16			1:25AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	30	-	-	1	-	1	18	-	2	-	-
High °C	13	16	12	11	13	11	14	14	11	12	13	11	13	14	9	11	12	13	13	14	13	13
Low °C	10	15	10	10	12	10	9	14	9	12	12	9	11	12	7	10	12	11	11	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	7	10	8	12	11	10	12	13	9	11	12	5	10	10	10	13	12	10	13
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	0.4 SSW	1.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	10	10	9	13	6	8	7	8	9	10	10	10	9	11	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	-	0.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	8	4	11	11	13	15	9	9	14	14	9	8	8	11	9	18	10	-	14	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 NE	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SW	0.3 N	1.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	-	-	1.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	5	3	5	11	8	8	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	7	8	10	-	-	9	-

	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	0	3	3	4	3	3	3	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.6 E	1.6 SSW	1.7 SW	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	2.4 SSW	1.4 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	10	10	9	9	12	10	6	10	10	11	12	9	8	8	14	14	9	9	9
Energy(?)	321	315	370	437	347	371	293	218	590	543	324	96	1499	805	875	1064	820	630	546	214	297	224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:43AM 1.79				2:04PM 1.80								2:49PM 1.86					3:13AM 1.85				3:36PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			7:57AM 0.27												8:24PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	10	14	14	12	9	10	10	10	11	15	11	13	10	9	9	10	10	14	16	14
Chill °C (?)	7	6	8	14	12	10	6	8	7	7	8	13	7	12	9	7	7	8	7	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.5 NE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	10	9	8	5	6	4	6	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	15	8	14	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	-	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SW	0.9 W	-	2.4 SSW	1.4 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	5	4	5	-	8	5	3	5	10	6	4	-	11	12	9	8	8	-	2	3	5	6

	Wednesday 15
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	0	3	3	4	3	3	3	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	9	9	13	13	10	12	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	369	327	321	321	301	299	272	196	305	305	221	96	428	86	84	361	313	355	360	227	300	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:43AM 1.79												1:31PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)																					8:19PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	11	12	13	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	11	13	9	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	7	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	13	14	12	7	12	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	8	10	10	9	9	5	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	9	12	12	12	5	8	8	12	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	8	5	5	5	9	3	3