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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	Sat		Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Sat
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Ocean View Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	4	0	0	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.4 E	3.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.0 SE	2.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	11	10	10	10	11	13	13	14	12	12	6	6	6	7	8	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	240	285	128	194	233	105	214	222	161	212	260	251	301	141	114	103	474	868	2134	2969	2899	1397
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:02AM 1.80		4:39PM 1.63	3:40AM 1.83	5:03AM 1.74	5:20PM 1.63		5:00AM 1.73	6:02PM 1.64		6:27AM 1.73	6:45PM 1.64		7:11AM 1.72		7:30PM 1.64	7:57AM 1.70		8:20PM 1.64	8:48AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		9:09PM 0.26	9:33AM 0.37		9:52PM 0.25	11:22AM 0.32		11:34PM 0.27	11:14AM 0.31		11:05PM 0.22	12:40PM 0.30		12:54AM 0.25		1:20PM 0.29	1:36AM 0.26		2:02PM 0.29	2:21AM 0.27		1:48PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	10	-	-	1	2	2	1	-
High °C	12	10	12	13	12	14	13	12	13	13	12	16	19	16	16	19	16	13	11	9	11	11
Low °C	12	8	11	13	11	12	13	11	12	13	12	15	18	15	15	17	13	12	10	8	10	11
Chill °C (?)	10	9	11	11	10	13	11	11	11	11	10	14	18	15	15	19	14	10	7	6	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	9:24	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.4 SE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	13	13	14	12	12	6	9	12	10	15	14	14	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	8	7	7	7	7	9	12	8	24	13	13	18	16	11	14	14	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.4 E	3.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.0 SE	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	8	10	10	9	-

	Saturday 17			Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	12	11	11	11	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13
Energy(?)	166	178	277	285	527	295	228	217	125	154	146	116	213	203	202	105	79	216	210	222	265	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:02AM 1.80	4:21AM 1.72			3:57PM 1.60	4:39PM 1.63				5:03AM 1.74				5:20PM 1.63				4:42AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			9:03PM 0.32	10:13PM 0.31				10:43AM 0.34			9:44PM 0.27	10:54PM 0.29				11:22AM 0.32				11:34PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	10	11	8	11	12	13	12	11	10	11	11	11	14	15	13	12	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	10	10	7	11	11	12	10	10	8	9	10	10	13	14	12	11	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	12	12	6	12	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 17										Sunday 18
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	216	166	240	244	173	242	264	273	233	259	285	285	456	510	510	283	263	435	430	425	425	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:42PM 1.67														4:21AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)									9:21PM 0.31	10:13PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	8	9	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	8	11	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	5	6	6	13	6	12	12	12	8	8	12	11	8	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	5	5	5	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-