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 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	0	1	2	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	9	8	8	10	10	7	8	7	12	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	307	234	117	115	100	78	89	54	765	969	41	55	470	753	170	599	121	196	139	369	931	819
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:38AM 1.53		11:06PM 1.49	12:27PM 1.53		12:05AM 1.52	12:24PM 1.46		12:22AM 1.66		2:01PM 1.58	2:26AM 1.68		1:54PM 1.57	2:19AM 1.71		2:32PM 1.63	3:52AM 1.76		4:09PM 1.69	3:55AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26PM 0.48		6:03AM 0.52	5:31PM 0.53		6:06AM 0.56	6:22PM 0.49		7:56AM 0.47		8:11PM 0.42	8:45AM 0.43		7:53PM 0.36	8:22AM 0.39		9:43PM 0.31	10:12AM 0.32		9:30PM 0.64	9:59AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	23	17	14	17	14	20	18	16	20	17	13	14	13	12	13	13	11	13	13	12	14
Low °C	14	18	13	13	17	12	16	17	15	18	17	11	13	13	8	10	12	10	12	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	23	17	13	16	13	20	17	15	20	17	12	13	12	11	12	12	10	11	12	12	13
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	10	9	8	8	10	10	7	8	8	8	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	5	5	11	11	13	11	9	8	7	5	8	8	7	7	8	8	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	1.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	2	-	6	5	6	6	7	8	8	6	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 10					Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	13	12	12	6	7
Energy(?)	540	221	234	302	200	516	232	315	133	99	100	81	83	78	97	133	89	109	90	56	246	765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:38AM 1.53				11:06PM 1.49				12:27PM 1.53				12:05AM 1.52					1:15PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)				5:26PM 0.48				5:11AM 0.57				6:23PM 0.49				6:07AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	22	21	17	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	13	12	12	12	17	20	18	17	18	16
Chill °C (?)	12	15	22	21	17	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	10	11	11	17	20	17	16	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	9	5	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	10	12	12	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	8	9	12	5	5	5	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	9	9	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	4	11	9	9	9	-	6	3	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7

	Tuesday 10																Wednesday 11
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	12
Energy(?)	575	296	307	464	368	246	306	312	214	156	160	157	154	146	146	166	510	507	507	186	17	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)																	11:06PM 1.49	12:05AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)											5:26PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	14	14	14	17	16	19	17	21	22	19	18	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	16	13
Chill °C (?)	10	12	14	12	13	17	16	19	16	21	22	19	18	18	17	16	14	12	11	11	15	11
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	9	8	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	-	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	5	-	-	11	11	11	10	3	10