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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Moeraki Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kakanui River Mouth Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	1	3	3	0	3	1	1	6	3	0	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.1 E	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	1.9 NE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	9	17	16	8	14	11	12	13	9	8	15	8	8	13	13	9	11	6	7
Energy(?)	1155	2059	1587	1215	859	449	70	238	71	369	2702	1434	371	757	74	48	973	1802	278	241	402	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 2.02		4:34AM 2.24	4:23PM 1.76		4:48AM 1.84	5:02PM 1.78		5:09AM 1.92		7:03PM 1.75	7:29AM 1.75		7:54PM 1.75	8:22AM 1.71		7:18PM 1.83	7:42AM 1.76		9:52PM 1.74	10:21AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			10:10PM 0.57	10:58AM 0.51		10:56PM 0.14	10:59AM 0.20		11:41PM 0.20	12:05PM 0.27		1:14AM 0.20		1:37PM 0.23	2:01AM 0.23		1:20PM 0.26	2:12AM 0.30		2:40PM 0.28	3:48AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	14	14	12	14	14	13	16	13	11	14	14	16	18	19	15	17	21	18	17
Low °C	13	14	12	13	14	12	14	14	13	15	12	10	12	12	12	15	17	12	14	19	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	13	14	12	14	12	12	15	10	7	12	11	15	17	19	13	16	21	18	16
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.8 E	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	2.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.3 NE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	10	9	9	8	14	14	6	12	12	11	8	8	5	8	11	13	9	8	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	14	12	13	18	8	7	7	8	11	15	-	11	10	15	8	5	9	10	13	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.2 S	0.4 SW	1.4 S	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.9 S	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.8 NE	-	-	1.6 SW	-	0.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.9 NE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	11	8	-	-	-	7	3	4	13	9	-	10	-	-	13	-	4	4	6	2

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Fri
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.0 E	2.1 SE	2.4 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	18	17	9	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	12	6	7
Energy(?)	2153	1228	1096	1120	1892	1151	1262	1069	1144	927	859	548	435	587	284	337	241	270	276	68	258	320
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	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
High Tide / height (m)				4:02PM 2.02				4:09AM 1.83				5:32PM 1.74				5:57AM 1.80				4:44PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 0.26	10:17AM 0.58			9:54PM 0.15	10:14PM 0.17				10:32AM 0.25				11:47PM 0.20				11:17AM 0.26				12:30AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	14	14	12	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	14	14	14	10	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	14	12	13	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.0 E	2.1 SE	2.4 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	14	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	7	8	8	21	20	19	18	8	8	8	7	16	8	15	14	14	8	8	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	-	-	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	8	8	7	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	6	7

	Tuesday 17																Wednesday 18
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 SSE	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2501	1155	1155	1155	2466	2114	1529	1642	2228	2080	801	2411	2302	1670	1892	1669	1824	1587	1508	928	1063	1363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									3:22PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)				10:17AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	14	11	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	9	11	12	13	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	11
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	2.0 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 SW	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.3 SSW	1.8 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	13	13	11	8	12	12	22	8	8	13	8	13	11	13	13	20	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.9 SE	-	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.7 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	11	7	7	7	7	7	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	-	-