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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	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	0	0	3	4	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	1.6 ENE	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	10	10	7	8	8	12	8	15	14	13	8	8	11	11	12	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	114	112	53	89	54	753	1092	365	135	218	584	360	127	50	96	338	795	917	350	405	373	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:29AM 1.43		12:54AM 1.61		1:15PM 1.55	1:41AM 1.64		1:13PM 1.51	2:26AM 1.68		2:44PM 1.61	3:09AM 1.72		3:27PM 1.65	3:52AM 1.76		3:29PM 1.64	3:33AM 1.81		3:45PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		5:32PM 0.53		7:01AM 0.51		7:19PM 0.46	7:56AM 0.47		8:11PM 0.42	7:41AM 0.45		8:59PM 0.36	9:30AM 0.37		9:43PM 0.31	9:19AM 0.31		9:14PM 0.21	9:56AM 0.26		10:08PM 0.16	10:32AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	17	13	19	18	17	18	11	12	14	13	12	13	12	12	13	11	11	12	13	12	12
Low °C	12	16	12	16	18	16	12	11	12	13	12	9	11	12	12	12	11	10	11	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	16	11	18	17	17	18	8	10	14	11	11	12	10	12	12	8	9	11	11	11	10
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 E	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	15	14	7	12	8	11	11	12	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	5	11	11	13	11	9	8	13	12	16	8	8	13	8	7	13	12	12	13	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	2.0 ENE	2.1 NE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	5	6	6	7	8	4	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11							Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View 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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 NE	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	5	11	10	10	13	13	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	222	150	114	198	99	81	83	97	200	92	89	97	80	57	49	753	657	1016	1092	354	344	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:27PM 1.53				12:05AM 1.52					1:15PM 1.55				1:17AM 1.57				1:27PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		5:12AM 0.57				6:23PM 0.49				6:07AM 0.56	7:01AM 0.51				7:19PM 0.46			6:56AM 0.51	7:11AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	12	14	15	13	12	13	13	16	19	19	18	16	17	17	17	18	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	11	12	13	11	11	11	12	15	18	18	17	15	16	16	17	18	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	4	5	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	12	8	8	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	6	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	3	4	4

	Wednesday 11
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View 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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	8	8	7	8	4	4
Energy(?)	184	183	198	272	180	146	115	122	196	89	99	99	98	100	99	26	73	93	45	120	30	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:27PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)						6:03AM 0.52											5:54PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	15	16	15	16	16	14	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	11	13	14	12	13	14	15	14	15	15	12	14	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	10	4	4	4	4	11	5	5	5	5	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	4	7	4	4	4