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 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	2	2	4	3	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	1.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	2.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	8	8	11	11	12	10	13	11	10	10	13	13	8	10	6	7	-	6	8
Energy(?)	86	817	449	363	188	123	57	131	63	804	465	270	2081	499	700	117	167	112	99	0	70	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:16AM 1.60		11:33PM 2.19	11:34AM 2.12		12:21AM 1.75	12:29PM 1.69		2:04AM 1.88		2:28PM 1.78	3:00AM 1.93		2:24PM 1.85	3:54AM 1.95		4:16PM 1.84		4:47AM 1.95	4:24PM 1.88		4:32AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		4:56PM 0.29		5:37AM 0.86	5:56PM 0.25		6:19AM 0.30	6:40PM 0.19	7:40PM 0.22	8:23AM 0.25		8:43PM 0.16	9:22AM 0.20		9:41PM 0.11	10:16AM 0.15		10:35PM 0.08	11:07AM 0.13		10:31PM -0.01	10:45AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	15	14	11	13	17	17	22	15	14	13	14	12	14	16	14	16	21	18	19	15	12	12
Low °C	13	13	9	12	16	16	19	15	10	12	14	10	12	15	12	14	20	16	18	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	12	10	12	16	16	22	14	12	12	12	12	14	16	13	15	21	18	19	14	9	10
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	9:17	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	0.6 E	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	10	11	9	8	8	7	5	12	10	13	11	10	10	13	13	8	10	6	7	7	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	14	11	11	11	11	7	11	10	10	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	9	8	10	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 S	1.9 S	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.6 NNE	-	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.4 NE	1.4 NE	-	1.2 SSW	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	-	3	4	4	-	5	11	-	-	-	10	-	3	-	5	6	-	4	-	8

	Tuesday 27							Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton 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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12
Energy(?)	2605	2049	1068	907	86	86	590	528	387	333	298	244	249	149	144	123	104	95	66	66	61	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:32AM 2.05				10:55PM 1.69				12:35PM 1.69					1:07AM 1.83			12:52PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		4:25AM 0.37				4:56PM 0.30				6:10AM 0.32				5:41PM 0.26					7:18AM 0.30			6:40PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	14	15	13	11	9	9	10	14	16	14	18	17	17	16	16	19	22	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	8	12	14	14	11	10	9	8	9	14	16	13	18	16	17	16	16	19	22	14	14
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.0 SSE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	5	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 S	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	7

	Tuesday 27
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton 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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	0.6 E	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9
Energy(?)	2603	2382	1177	1183	119	119	2184	1095	1898	1897	1709	1708	1138	820	749	749	661	661	1242	392	85	579
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											11:37AM 1.67											10:55PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				4:30AM 0.82													5:29PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	9	9	12	12	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	-	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	-	-	2.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	-	-	-