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 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	0	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	1	0	2	2	1	3	6	7	5	4	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.4 NE	1.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	0.4 NE	2.1 S	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	10	10	11	9	8	14	12	11	-	6	7	7	7	12	13	13	9	13	12
Energy(?)	109	73	93	37	389	653	364	181	1111	386	173	0	193	113	25	721	3870	6139	2357	30	1666	1004
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 1.83		1:32PM 1.73	2:04AM 1.88		1:50PM 1.75	3:00AM 1.93		2:24PM 1.85	2:57AM 2.01		3:14PM 1.91	3:30AM 2.05	4:47AM 1.95	5:09PM 1.84		5:39AM 1.93	6:02PM 1.83		5:18AM 1.96	6:54PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		7:18AM 0.30		7:40PM 0.22	8:23AM 0.25		8:43PM 0.16	8:15AM 0.18		8:33PM 0.04	9:07AM 0.13		9:54PM 0.01	11:07AM 0.13		11:25PM 0.07	11:55AM 0.13		11:04PM 0.01	11:32AM 0.12		1:01AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	16	14	14	13	12	14	14	13	18	17	17	17	21	11	16	17	14	14	14	14
Low °C	15	18	14	11	13	13	11	12	13	12	15	16	15	14	17	11	13	15	12	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	12	13	11	11	13	13	12	17	15	16	16	20	7	14	17	14	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 NE	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	12	10	10	11	9	8	14	12	11	10	9	7	7	10	10	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.7 S	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.9 NE
Period (s)	11	11	10	7	13	12	11	13	11	11	11	13	10	8	10	-	-	9	9	9	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	0.7 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 SW	1.0 W	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SW	-	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	4	-	4	11	-	-	6	-	-	-	4	5	6	12	4	7	12	12	-	9	4	6

	Wed	Thursday 29								Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	5	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	6	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	12	14
Energy(?)	145	109	104	95	73	57	112	177	1387	1541	3032	637	1045	750	329	379	225	364	211	237	628	437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:07AM 1.83			12:52PM 1.68	1:32PM 1.73				1:06AM 1.86				2:28PM 1.78				2:03AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)					7:18AM 0.30			6:41PM 0.19					7:42AM 0.20				8:43PM 0.16				9:22AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	16	18	23	15	16	14	11	10	11	12	12	14	13	12	12	9	8	12	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	16	18	23	13	15	13	9	8	9	11	10	13	12	11	11	8	7	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	4	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	3	4	6	11	11	12	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 28				Thursday 29
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	5	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	7	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	162	162	145	143	123	123	109	103	104	102	158	157	51	157	73	157	117	327	132	132	218	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)						12:27AM 1.75	1:07AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)												6:19AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	18	18	19	17	15	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	17	17	14	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	18	18	19	16	14	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SW	0.5 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	7	12	11	5	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	5	11	5	12	11	11	11	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	12	4	4	5	5