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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	Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Mon
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	2	2	0	2	2	4	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	1.8 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 SW	0.7 ESE	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.7 NE	1.5 ENE	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	6	9	10	9	9	8	8	7	12	12	14	15	15	10	6	7	6
Energy(?)	376	428	305	236	284	55	512	2734	573	348	93	178	283	272	426	116	228	333	100	176	349	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:19PM 1.52	7:50PM 1.45	8:17AM 1.55		8:40PM 1.44	9:07AM 1.55		9:31PM 1.45	9:58AM 1.57		10:23PM 1.49	10:49AM 1.60		10:08PM 1.44	10:40AM 1.57		11:02PM 1.51	11:30AM 1.61		11:25PM 1.87	12:20PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	12:43PM 0.36		1:47AM 0.38		2:18PM 0.41	2:30AM 0.39		3:02PM 0.41	3:16AM 0.39		3:50PM 0.40		4:06AM 0.37	3:51PM 0.44		4:28AM 0.36	5:00PM 0.72		5:17AM 0.29	5:46PM 0.29		6:07AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-
High °C	12	11	10	15	18	15	20	23	18	24	23	13	14	13	12	14	17	14	18	11	10	12
Low °C	10	10	9	13	15	13	16	23	14	16	22	11	13	13	11	14	17	12	11	11	6	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	13	17	14	20	23	18	24	23	13	13	11	9	14	16	13	17	8	9	11
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 S	2.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	6	13	10	9	10	6	8	10	6	10	11	11	15	10	13	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	11	10	12	11	-	8	13	7	11	12	14	15	10	13	-	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.4 NE	-	1.8 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	0.3 NW	-	1.4 SW	0.7 ESE	1.7 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.7 NE	-	1.2 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	-	9	10	-	9	2	-	7	12	11	-	4	5	6	6	-	6

	Monday 24					Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26								Thu
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	4	3	0	2	3	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	7	8	6	9	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1019	869	428	414	689	305	584	543	236	194	190	153	122	274	388	546	227	688	2734	1497	1011	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:50PM 1.45				8:17AM 1.55				8:40PM 1.44				8:06AM 2.10				7:52PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		12:43PM 0.36	1:35PM 0.39				1:47AM 0.38				2:18PM 0.41				1:58AM 0.45				2:36PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	12	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	18	20	21	21	15	14
Chill °C (?)	7	7	10	9	8	9	8	6	10	13	12	10	11	10	12	13	18	20	21	21	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 S	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	5	13	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	9	10	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	8	6	9	10	-	-	-

	Monday 24																Tuesday 25
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	4	3	0	2	3	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	12	12	9	9	11	11	9
Energy(?)	1034	1034	376	376	830	370	816	816	428	421	421	414	407	425	44	111	25	35	35	639	628	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													7:50PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)							1:35PM 0.39												1:10AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	10	11	10	12	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	11	10	8
Chill °C (?)	6	6	8	9	8	10	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	6
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	6	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	3	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	3	3	3