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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	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Fri
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	5	2	2	4	1	4	4	1	3	2	2	2	4	3	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.5 S	2.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.7 E	2.4 S	2.4 S	0.6 E	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	11	11	8	9	12	12	11	12	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	8	12	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1234	140	456	536	480	1560	572	442	317	134	1308	1428	86	882	728	434	291	128	253	162	1073	1167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:14PM 1.60	7:42AM 1.65		8:04PM 1.59	8:32AM 1.61		9:01PM 1.59	9:36AM 2.02		10:05PM 1.62	10:35AM 1.58		12:09AM 1.77	11:34AM 2.12		12:31AM 2.30	12:39PM 2.23		1:25AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		1:19PM 0.31	1:36AM 0.27		2:07PM 0.32	2:29AM 0.31		2:40PM 0.34	3:27AM 0.33		4:02PM 0.62		4:29AM 0.34	4:58PM 0.63		5:37AM 0.86	5:56PM 0.64		6:45AM 0.82	6:55PM 0.65		7:42AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	2	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	14	13	13	12	15	14	15	16	15	14	13	14	14	13	12	13	19	15	18	23	12	13
Low °C	13	12	12	12	14	13	14	15	14	13	12	12	13	13	11	12	16	14	15	15	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	10	14	12	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	19	13	18	23	9	12
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	1.2 SE	2.1 S	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	12	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	14	15	13	7	10	10	9	10	18	17	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	10	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 NE	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 SE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	4	5	7	7	8	9	12	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	3	3	4	-	10	10	10

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	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	4	2	3	5	5	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.7 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.2 SSE	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	8	8	11	11	7	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1150	1198	1234	1252	1343	1463	988	1072	711	757	720	750	651	497	2197	1560	412	545	3587	3435	442	2556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:56AM 1.68					7:14PM 1.60				7:54AM 2.07				9:14PM 1.66				8:44AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)					1:19PM 0.31				1:36AM 0.27				2:06PM 0.32				2:43AM 0.67				3:07PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	15	11	14	14	14	14	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	11	11	11	10	8	8	10	11	10	10	14	7	13	14	14	13	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.2 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	16	9	9	15	10	-	10	14	14	8	8	11	10	7	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	0.3 W	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	9	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	13	13	7	9	9	3	-	12	12	-	12

	Friday 23
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	4	2	3	5	5	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1302	979	999	1130	1175	1198	800	203	862	551	551	927	944	610	1140	705	511	511	508	546	480	831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						6:56AM 1.68													7:36PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)													1:18PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	16	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	16	16	9	9	15	15	-	15	15	15	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.8 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	4	4	4	9	-	15	15	-	5	15	6	6	6	6	7	7