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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	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Sat
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	1	3	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	1.6 ENE	0.8 E	1.5 E	0.5 S	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	0.6 SSW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	15	15	15	13	10	6	6	6	7	13	9	9	9	14	10	10	10	10	10	7
Energy(?)	82	138	331	464	42	122	128	33	229	60	266	95	667	667	651	152	513	396	350	345	279	493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:24PM 1.75		5:43AM 1.65	6:07PM 1.69	7:28PM 1.66	7:51AM 1.56		8:16PM 1.61	8:40AM 1.51		9:07PM 1.57	9:32AM 1.48		9:59PM 1.55	9:51AM 2.05		10:05PM 1.47	10:34AM 1.38		11:41PM 1.58	12:04PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	12:27PM 0.29		11:37PM 0.33	11:54AM 0.34		1:32AM 0.37		1:46PM 0.39	2:14AM 0.43		1:32PM 0.49	2:58AM 0.47		3:14PM 0.48	3:46AM 0.50		4:03PM 0.49		4:26AM 0.55	4:36PM 0.51		5:32AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	11	12	11	12	13	14	13	14	14	17	18	15	13	12	11	12	12	13	13
Low °C	11	10	9	10	11	11	11	13	13	12	14	13	14	16	12	13	12	10	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	8	12	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	17	18	15	12	11	9	10	9	10	10
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:06
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.2 S	0.5 S	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 SW
Period (s)	7	7	15	15	15	13	10	6	11	6	14	13	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	7	8	15	15	9	12	12	9	12	12	9	13	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	-	1.6 ENE	-	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	4	-	-	7	4	5	5	-	6	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	5	7

	Saturday 04							Sunday 05								Monday 06
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops 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	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	15	14	14	14	13	6	13	6	6	6	6	12
Energy(?)	115	99	82	89	78	62	275	783	924	871	464	457	467	379	308	74	235	59	80	250	218	99
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:02AM 1.72				6:42PM 1.71									7:28PM 1.66			6:50AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)				11:11AM 0.27				12:51AM 0.32					1:06PM 0.34			12:51AM 0.76	1:32AM 0.37				1:46PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	9	11	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	14	13	15	14	14	14	13	5	13	10	6	6	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	7	7	8	8	8	7	15	15	15	9	9	14	11	13	9	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	-	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	2	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	-	6	6	6

	Saturday 04
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops 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	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	5	14	7	8	15	15	15
Energy(?)	148	145	145	118	100	85	210	204	164	147	66	61	61	64	58	33	61	34	53	63	139	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)					5:02AM 1.72	6:19AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)											11:11AM 0.27	12:27PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	9	9	7	9	8	9	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	7	8	8	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	7	7	10	7	14	9	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	-	-
Period (s)	6	2	2	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	-	5	-	4	4	4	-	-