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 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Potato Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.0 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	16	15	9	11	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	15
Energy(?)	120	172	232	174	52	128	107	88	652	715	1020	1608	3659	1933	1667	1662	979	654	409	312	324	620
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:26PM 1.92		4:02AM 1.83	3:52PM 1.97		4:31AM 1.85	5:03PM 1.97		5:27AM 1.80		6:04PM 1.92	6:19AM 1.71		7:26PM 1.84	7:54AM 1.67		7:57PM 1.83	9:02AM 1.66		9:40PM 1.78	10:08AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	10:17AM 0.12		10:47PM 0.11	10:16AM 0.08		10:27PM 0.12	10:47AM 0.09		11:26PM 0.18	11:47AM 0.14		12:31AM 0.24		1:10PM 0.17	1:53AM 0.25		2:14PM 0.19	2:55AM 0.23		3:18PM 0.20		3:57AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	10	10	11	10	8	8	7	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	11	11	10	11
Low °C	12	11	8	9	10	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	7	8	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	14	15	9	10	9	8	5	5	4	6	5	6	4	6	6	7	7	8	11	10	9	11
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.1 S	0.2 S	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.2 S	2.5 SE	3.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	14	8	15	9	11	10	10	9	16	14	10	10	13	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	7	13	7	4	8	19	18	10	13	14	14	13	13	18	16	16	8	7	13	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	1.5 S	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	8	8	8	9	9	8	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4

	Saturday 18					Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	7	7	16	16	15	15	14	14	9	9	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	8	8
Energy(?)	261	245	107	80	56	232	239	292	264	210	129	93	73	231	151	379	107	76	88	169	660	652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				3:38PM 1.92				3:39AM 1.88				4:08PM 1.99				4:48AM 1.80				5:20PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		10:17AM 0.12				9:31PM 0.08				9:51AM 0.06				10:46PM 0.13				11:12AM 0.12				11:45PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	15	15	12	9	8	8	9	10	11	10	11	9	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	11	15	15	15	10	9	7	8	8	10	10	8	8	7	8	6	5	4	5	4	4	4
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	8	16	15	15	14	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SW	1.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	8	13	7	7	7	9	14	4	5	5	12	10	19	18	18	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	4	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Saturday 18																	Sunday 19
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	9	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	193	261	120	85	29	175	175	172	172	172	156	104	72	106	56	47	47	46	35	34	25	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)										3:15PM 1.98												3:55AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				9:24AM 0.08												9:49PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	14	15	15	16	16	15	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	14	14	15	16	16	15	11	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	9
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	14	14	14	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	14	9	9	9	14	14	7	7	7	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3