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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	Mon	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	2	0	1	2	0	3	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	13	10	6	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	14	10	14	13
Energy(?)	444	285	196	419	76	324	287	411	175	103	482	156	555	377	891	635	255	546	605	343	395	293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 1.78		3:36PM 1.75		4:01AM 1.82	4:19PM 1.80		4:44AM 1.84	5:03PM 1.83		5:28AM 1.84	5:50PM 1.85		4:44AM 1.92	6:39PM 1.85		5:33AM 1.87			8:02AM 1.73		8:33PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		9:36AM 0.30		9:53PM 0.23	10:18AM 0.24		10:37PM 0.18	11:00AM 0.20		10:06PM 0.07	11:43AM 0.17		11:17PM 0.14	11:40AM 0.19		12:54AM 0.16	12:31PM 0.19	1:14PM 0.17	12:39AM 0.20		2:04PM 0.20	2:38AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	18	19	17	13	11	12	13	12	12	13	12	15	12	12	16	14	13	11	14	12
Low °C	13	14	15	13	15	11	10	11	11	11	12	13	11	12	11	12	13	14	10	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	15	17	19	16	10	9	10	12	11	12	12	10	14	11	12	16	14	12	9	13	10
Sunrise	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	11	10	13	6	7	10	10	10	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	14	13	9	10	10	7	8	8	10	6	6	13	13	13	12	10	13	14	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNE	1.0 NE	1.6 NE	-	2.0 SSW	-	0.6 NNE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	4	6	-	6	-	4	4	-	-	-	6	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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 - Allans Beach 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1157	917	812	690	285	251	196	187	151	120	212	211	263	57	203	212	713	579	276	215	223	377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:18AM 1.79				3:36PM 1.75					4:01AM 1.82				4:19PM 1.80			3:37AM 1.86	4:44AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	8:08PM 0.25				9:36AM 0.30				9:53PM 0.23				9:17AM 0.22				9:41PM 0.17	10:37PM 0.18				11:00AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	13	13	14	15	19	15	16	14	11	11	10	10	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	13	15	13	11	11	13	14	19	13	15	12	8	10	8	9	9	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	1.5 NE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	13	6	6	6	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	10	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	8	4	5	5	6	6	6	2	3	6	6	-	-	-	3	4	4

	Monday 16				Tuesday 17
	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 - Allans Beach 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13
Energy(?)	1193	1129	1111	946	458	444	437	454	443	371	811	690	743	26	285	249	582	485	244	200	196	414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:18AM 1.79												3:36PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 0.29											8:33AM 0.24	9:36AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	18	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	10	17	13	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	10	10	14	14	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	8	8	8	4	4	4