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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	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 S	0.5 E	0.5 NE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	16	16	15	7	7	5	8	8	13	14	13	13	12	12	10	13	12	12	11	10
Energy(?)	56	130	237	267	659	156	68	212	71	34	488	362	478	309	272	300	1108	8182	3225	2183	1040	846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:23PM 1.79	11:22AM 1.66		10:49PM 1.72	12:23PM 1.68		11:57PM 1.78			12:59AM 1.85			1:29AM 1.94		2:25PM 1.80	2:41AM 1.95		3:13PM 1.84	3:09AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		3:39PM 0.27		4:50AM 0.34	4:28PM 0.31		5:58AM 0.35	6:21PM 0.29		7:07AM 0.33	6:33PM 0.20		7:10AM 0.25		7:51PM 0.09	8:02AM 0.18		8:20PM 0.06	9:05AM 0.13		9:35PM 0.01	9:57AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	11	19	14	18	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	15	13	13	12	9	10	10	7	12
Low °C	14	13	10	14	13	13	11	10	10	11	11	8	10	13	11	11	11	8	9	9	6	9
Chill °C (?)	12	13	9	19	12	18	10	9	10	9	10	10	11	15	10	10	8	6	7	7	7	11
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 E	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	16	15	7	7	8	5	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	10	14	12	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	6	18	16	10	11	10	14	10	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	10	12	-	12	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.4 NW	0.5 S	1.4 S	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	3	5	6	3	3	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	13	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24					Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Fri
	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	Aramoana Spit Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	18	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	7	14	14	14	7	13	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	56	83	75	180	182	167	220	276	505	260	261	202	656	626	564	272	68	165	78	54	63	71
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:45AM 1.69				9:35PM 1.69					11:22AM 1.66				10:28PM 1.80				11:17AM 1.63				12:20AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			3:39PM 0.27	4:11PM 0.29				4:50AM 0.34				4:28PM 0.31				5:10AM 0.36				5:47PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	13	16	22	21	18	18	14	13	12	10	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	9	9	8	8	13	14	22	21	18	18	13	12	10	8	9	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	6	10	10	10	10	16	15	16	15	15	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	6	11	6	6	16	16	10	5	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	-	-	-	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	7	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	-	-	-	3	5	6	6	6	-

	Tuesday 24																Wednesday 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	Aramoana Spit Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	18	17	17	3	16	3	4	10	10
Energy(?)	63	56	56	161	138	138	137	129	159	126	145	144	143	261	258	242	3	167	10	11	69	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	cross	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:45AM 1.69		10:21AM 1.65											9:23PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)									3:20PM 0.32	4:11PM 0.29												4:27AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	14	13	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	11	16	16	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	18	18	18	6	6	6	6	6	17	6	16	6	6	16	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	10	10	7	3	3	3	4	4	3