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 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago
Rating	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	18	10	16	14	14	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	110	127	227	47	374	317	285	149	95	47	130	80	34	39	44	54	25	58	44	107	71	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:32PM 1.67		8:33AM 1.63		7:48PM 1.47	9:23AM 1.63		9:48PM 1.57	9:19AM 2.06		9:34PM 1.51	10:04AM 1.58		11:35PM 1.69	12:01PM 1.70		12:30AM 1.77	12:54PM 1.73		12:13AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		1:01PM 0.35	1:01AM 0.35		2:33PM 0.36	2:10AM 0.35		2:36PM 0.38	3:37AM 0.33		3:33PM 0.75	3:57AM 0.34		4:59PM 0.30		5:28AM 0.30	5:56PM 0.27		6:30AM 0.27	6:14PM 0.23		7:34AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	2	2	-	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	2
High °C	18	16	12	20	14	12	13	12	10	12	12	12	14	14	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	13
Low °C	14	13	11	18	13	11	13	10	9	11	12	11	13	13	12	13	13	11	12	11	10	12
Chill °C (?)	18	15	9	20	12	10	13	11	8	11	10	10	12	12	10	12	11	10	10	10	12	12
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	9:24	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	9	18	10	16	14	14	16	14	13	13	12	12	9	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 E	0.7 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	20	8	5	5	9	6	7	8	6	8	4	7	12	12	13	5	6	6	8	4	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 E	1.1 NE	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	3	7	-	8

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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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	1	2	3	0	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	0.4 SSW	2.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	20	8	18	11	17	16	16	10	10	16	9	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	256	117	292	904	203	77	269	500	303	56	52	102	100	317	292	281	285	180	262	285	201	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					8:06PM 1.52			6:52AM 1.77	8:33AM 1.63				7:52PM 1.49				9:23AM 1.63				8:14PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)							2:03AM 0.33				1:52PM 0.84				2:49AM 0.33				3:18PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	2	-
Temp. °C	14	17	18	12	11	13	11	12	15	20	21	18	14	11	11	11	13	14	12	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	13	17	17	11	8	11	10	11	15	20	21	18	13	9	10	10	13	13	12	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.8 SE	0.7 SSE	1.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 SSE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	9	9	8	8	8	5	6	10	10	10	5	6	14	6	14	14	16	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	5	5	8	8	6	11	10	6	4	4	9	9	9	14	6	6	11	7	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	0.3 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	2	7	8	4	5	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	2	4	4

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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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	1	2	3	0	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	20	9	9	8	8	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	232	153	110	145	111	157	109	94	162	35	34	102	109	421	389	352	360	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													7:07PM 1.50	8:06PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)							1:51PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	15	17	18	17	14	16	19	19	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	14	16	18	16	12	16	19	19	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	10
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	6	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	20	20	8	8	8	18	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	-	-	1.2 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.3 W	-	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	5	2	7	2	3	7	3	-	4	4	4	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-