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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	Thu		Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	2	1	3	4	0	3	1	0	3	2	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 SW	1.0 NE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	11	11	11	8	8	15	6	12	10	8	7	12	5	10	5	16	16	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	91	135	233	175	954	967	792	127	735	335	679	131	208	73	60	222	224	324	671	384	115	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:42AM 1.78			6:11AM 1.78	6:34PM 1.76	7:54PM 1.75	7:29AM 2.06		8:51PM 1.74	8:23AM 2.00		8:25PM 1.71	10:21AM 1.65		10:54PM 1.75	10:27AM 2.05		10:28PM 1.80	11:16AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		12:30AM 0.19	12:53PM 0.23		12:25AM 0.17	12:28PM 0.22		2:01AM 0.23		2:23PM 0.25	2:52AM 0.27		2:17PM 0.30	2:54AM 0.35		4:11PM 0.29		4:25AM 0.86	4:26PM 0.31		5:09AM 0.36	5:50PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	17	16	16	19	11	14	14	15	13	15	13	15	14	15	14	13	12	15	14	14	14	11
Low °C	16	11	15	18	11	12	13	11	13	15	11	12	13	12	13	13	9	12	13	13	13	10
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	19	7	13	11	14	10	13	11	14	12	15	12	11	12	14	12	14	14	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	11	11	11	8	8	6	6	7	13	7	8	7	6	11	6	16	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	8	11	15	14	11	10	15	8	9	9	9	12	12	12	10	6	10	10	9	4	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.5 S	0.6 S	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 NE	-	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	4	6	4	8	8	10	-	12	10	8	-	4	5	4	5	-	6	4	-	-	3

	Thursday 19			Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	0	1	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.5 SW	2.0 S	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	11	14	14	12	12	11	11	8	7	8	8	8	16	15	5	15	15	14	10
Energy(?)	110	425	202	109	216	246	419	872	154	735	547	561	627	1266	1122	379	345	134	568	648	391	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:16PM 1.75				5:28AM 1.82					7:03PM 1.75			6:11AM 1.78	7:29AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)				12:30AM 0.19				12:53PM 0.23				12:46AM 0.51					1:37PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	14	14	14	11	13	14	19	12	10	12	10	10	12	14	15	20	12	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	18	14	12	14	13	8	11	12	19	9	6	12	7	8	11	13	13	20	10	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	6	11	8	8	8	8	5	7	7	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	14	14	8	14	14	14	13	10	14	15	13	16	15	10	15	15	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 S	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 S	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	-	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	1.0 SSW	1.0 N	1.0 W	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	7	3	4	4	3	4	8	4	8	8	7	8	8	8	-	10	5	9	6	4	4

	Thursday 19										Friday 20
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	0	1	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	1.7 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	7	12	7	6	11	11	11	11	11	8	15	9	11	13	12	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	116	167	163	91	138	347	65	196	124	98	106	129	99	155	186	121	289	202	244	550	393	568
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	16	16	15	18	17	14	15	14	15	14	12	12	14	12	11	13	10	12	13	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	16	15	18	17	12	15	14	15	13	12	11	13	10	8	12	7	9	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 SW	0.5 ESE	0.8 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	8	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	11	8	8	11	8	11	9	11	13	12	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SE	0.5 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	14	14	8	8	7	6	11	14	8	11	14	11	15	11	9	11	6	14	14	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SSE	-	1.7 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	6	3	-	7	-	7	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	7	9	-	4	5	4	5