Otago Surf

Otago Surf Forecast

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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	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	0	2	1	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	11	10	10	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	11	10	8	10	17	16	16	16	19	17
Energy	586	697	511	58	245	258	458	98	207	89	224	218	63	98	313	53	2688	1500	1566	1335	4680	3152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:58AM 1.52			5:19AM 1.54	5:46PM 1.63	6:11PM 1.60	6:24AM 1.45		6:01PM 1.63	6:25AM 1.54		8:35PM 1.58	7:31AM 1.45		7:58PM 1.55	8:19AM 1.47		8:48PM 1.55	9:09AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		10:58PM 0.42	11:08AM 0.38		11:44PM 0.44	11:33AM 0.41		12:34AM 0.46		12:44PM 0.42	12:45AM 0.38		1:05PM 0.44	2:27AM 0.41		2:16PM 0.42	2:25AM 0.46		2:41PM 0.36		3:12AM 0.42	3:30PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	11	11	12	14	14	15	16	13	11	10	9	12	14	13	14	13	13	13	14
Low °C	11	11	11	11	9	9	13	12	13	14	10	10	8	6	11	11	12	13	11	12	12	12
Chill °C	12	12	10	9	8	11	14	13	15	16	13	8	8	5	9	13	11	12	11	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	17	16	16	16	19	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	9	12	10	9	11	10	13	9	8	12	11	11	8	15	16	10	9	6	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	1.0 NE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	1.2 SW	1.8 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	4	6	7	-	3	-	-	3	5	3	8	5	-	3	-	-	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8
Energy	586	663	1003	697	647	532	511	442	58	94	314	245	154	59	258	241	458	395	117	98	213	125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						4:54AM 1.54				5:03PM 1.68									6:11PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)				10:58PM 0.42				10:47AM 0.39				11:44PM 0.44				11:58AM 0.41					12:08AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	12	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	12	14	14	14	14	12	12
Chill °C	12	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	9	8	8	7	6	7	7	11	14	13	13	13	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	13	10	9	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02											Wednesday 03
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Energy	391	563	586	586	663	663	676	676	1003	690	710	697	634	634	647	570	570	532	504	502	511	511
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																	4:54AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)											10:58PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	11	11
Chill °C	11	12	12	10	11	9	10	10	10	11	12	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	4	10	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-