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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	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	15	14	14	10	7	9	9	6	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	38	223	463	328	32	236	565	130	49	138	146	154	104	77	56	59	788	430	534	551	640	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:17AM 1.59		11:05PM 1.52	11:30AM 1.61		11:37PM 1.66	11:49AM 1.89	1:19PM 1.76	1:45AM 1.83		2:09PM 1.80	2:36AM 1.90		1:52PM 1.84	2:23AM 1.99		3:01PM 1.85	3:00AM 2.11		3:39PM 1.92	3:57AM 2.11	5:18AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		4:58PM 0.35		5:17AM 0.29	6:27PM 0.26		6:08AM 0.27		7:23PM 0.20	7:55AM 0.18		8:18PM 0.13	8:53AM 0.12		8:02PM 0.05	8:59AM 0.46		9:20PM 0.07	9:57AM 0.06		10:16PM 0.05	11:39AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	3	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	14	15	21	13	11	10	10	12	15	10	11	11	11	11	12	8	14	16	14	16
Low °C	14	14	12	14	20	11	11	10	9	11	14	8	11	11	10	10	11	7	12	14	12	14
Chill °C (?)	16	12	13	15	21	10	8	8	8	9	14	7	10	9	9	8	9	7	12	16	13	14
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	4	7	9	7	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	0.7 NE	0.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	15	14	14	6	9	13	9	6	6	5	9	9	9	9	15	-	8	7	7	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	0.5 NNE	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	-	-	1.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 SE	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	3	13	7	-	-	11	6	5	5	4	4	6	8	-	-	3	4	4

	Saturday 29							Sunday 30								Monday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	6	6	6	9	10	9	6	9	12
Energy(?)	308	204	110	316	91	328	764	463	450	379	328	313	253	279	303	50	197	289	565	169	379	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:37AM 1.56				12:04AM 1.64				12:29PM 1.71				12:04AM 2.18				12:04PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		4:25AM 0.35				4:40PM 0.38				5:56AM 0.29				5:28PM 0.30				6:08AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	11	16	18	15	14	13	12	13	14	15	14	14	13	12	14	11	11	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	7	10	16	18	14	14	12	12	12	13	15	13	13	12	11	13	8	8	8	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	11	10	14	5	10	14	10	10	10	10	13	13	14	6	6	9	10	9	9	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NE	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.3 E	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	11	5	5	15	10	5	10	14	14	14	14	10	-	8	10	10	-	-	13	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.9 NNE	-	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	-	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	6	-	2	5	6	7	6	-	-

	Saturday 29
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	219	176	118	176	28	189	348	234	118	118	282	237	237	261	315	38	177	177	675	405	764	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:39AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)				4:25AM 0.35												5:00PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	10	10	10	9	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	22	16	14	13	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	22	16	14	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	6	6	5	11	11	11	14	14	14	5	5	4	5	5	5	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	5	7	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NNE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	0.6 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	11	11	11	5	5	4	5	5	5	-	-	-