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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	Wed	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	0.4 SSW	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 NE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	14	9	10	10	14	15	14	14	13	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	8
Energy(?)	258	78	272	335	332	252	387	135	442	386	67	230	804	1669	1011	767	291	294	254	212	311	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	on	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:15AM 1.78		4:08PM 1.59		4:32AM 1.69	5:35PM 1.54		4:50AM 1.71	5:06PM 1.59		5:32AM 1.69	5:38PM 1.54		6:32AM 1.62	6:31PM 1.51		6:58AM 1.61		7:03PM 1.53	7:23AM 1.66		9:31PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		9:57AM 0.30		10:11PM 0.34	10:43AM 0.40		11:46PM 0.32	11:03AM 0.42		11:39PM 0.40	11:49AM 0.46		12:18AM 0.42	12:55PM 0.47		12:46AM 0.45		2:18PM 0.41	1:44AM 0.34		3:02PM 0.41	3:16AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	19	18	19	12	10	11	11	11	11	14	13	11	11	10	10	11	14	11	18	17	16
Low °C	14	17	17	17	10	9	10	11	11	11	13	11	9	11	10	8	10	13	10	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	18	17	19	10	9	10	10	8	9	12	12	10	8	9	8	10	13	9	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.2 S	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	15	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	9	12	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	5	14	14	15	14	10	9	13	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	7	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	-	1.1 E	0.9 NE	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.9 NE	1.5 NE	-
Period (s)	4	-	9	5	3	4	-	-	2	4	-	-	12	12	-	2	-	-	-	7	8	-

	Wed	Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.0 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	15	15	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	832	754	254	243	236	121	81	498	997	220	313	715	275	173	267	248	681	387	637	601	406	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:52AM 1.69													4:24PM 1.62				4:41AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	9:29PM 0.29				9:59AM 0.37	10:55AM 0.31			9:48PM 0.34	10:11PM 0.34				10:36AM 0.39				11:46PM 0.32				12:14PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	14	17	18	21	23	19	17	15	17	15	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	14	14	17	17	21	23	19	17	15	17	14	8	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	10	15	15	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	4	4	15	9	9	9	5	6	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.0 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	3	2	9	9	9	5	-	-	3	14	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19				Thursday 20
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	9	9	15	15	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	9	9	14	15
Energy(?)	837	842	291	290	252	123	123	394	386	254	386	393	383	267	343	183	369	293	378	738	268	122
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									3:30AM 1.73													4:53PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			9:31PM 0.32												9:36AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	13	11	14	15	17	18	20	20	16	15	15	16	19
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	13	11	13	15	17	18	20	20	15	13	13	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	9	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SW	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	-	-	9	-	-	9	9	9