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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	4	4	6	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 E	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	0.6 SSW	1.3 SE	0.7 SW	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	12	16	15	14	13	9	10	12	14	12	10	10	10	9	17	8	14	7	6
Energy(?)	327	905	379	40	132	216	286	229	270	1024	2789	5142	3882	1954	1846	780	538	594	347	340	195	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:41AM 1.64		1:34PM 1.50	2:00AM 1.63		2:08PM 1.55	2:19AM 1.71		2:32PM 1.63	3:14AM 1.72		4:09PM 1.69	3:33AM 1.81	4:33AM 1.79	4:50PM 1.72		5:15AM 1.80	4:22PM 1.77		4:48AM 1.84	5:02PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		7:48AM 0.83		7:29PM 0.41	7:41AM 0.45		7:53PM 0.36	8:26AM 0.28		8:50PM 0.27	9:19AM 0.31		9:14PM 0.21	10:52AM 0.28		10:08PM 0.16	11:32AM 0.25		10:34PM 0.12	10:59AM 0.20		11:34PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	7	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	2	7	19	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	11	13	14	14	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	16	15	13	14	18	15
Low °C	15	12	11	11	13	13	9	11	13	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	12	14	16	11
Chill °C (?)	17	19	8	13	12	14	12	11	12	10	10	9	9	10	11	13	16	14	12	14	18	14
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 E	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	1.2 E	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	13	8	8	9	8	15	14	9	9	10	12	14	12	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	13	5	11	9	8	13	12	20	12	18	12	11	11	13	12	7	16	14	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.0 S	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.1 S	-	-	-	0.6 SW	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	7	8	4	-	-	8	-	3	5	5	6	12	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	4	7	-

	Thu	Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	0	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	11	16	15	15	8	14	14	13	13	13	8
Energy(?)	54	306	544	582	905	332	306	284	367	324	250	292	132	101	142	99	355	286	293	295	309	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)			1:17AM 1.57				1:13PM 1.51				1:57AM 1.61				2:44PM 1.61				2:18AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	7:19PM 0.46								7:10PM 0.43				7:41AM 0.45				8:59PM 0.36				8:21AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	17	17	19	14	10	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	10	9	9	11	14
Chill °C (?)	13	17	17	17	19	12	10	10	12	11	11	10	13	12	12	13	13	10	8	8	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 E
Period (s)	12	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	12	15	13	13	7	7	6	11	11	15	15	15	14	8	8	8	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	5

	Thursday 12				Friday 13
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	0	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.7 ENE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	7	7	8
Energy(?)	56	76	186	186	357	296	331	266	807	788	797	49	21	21	7	339	26	16	16	32	32	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			1:12PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	7:19PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1
High °C	16	18	17	17	15	16	15	15	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	20	14	12	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	18	16	16	14	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	17	16	16	20	11	10	8	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 SW	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.1 S	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	6	9	9	12	9	13	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	9	13	9	13	12	9	9	8	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	7	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	4	4	4	-	4