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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	Fri	Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	3	2	5	2	4	5	1	4	2	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	1.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.7 ESE	2.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.6 E	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 ESE	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	11	12	12	10	12	10	10	11	9	9	8	8	8	12	12	10	7	12	10
Energy(?)	1072	610	194	455	494	2690	1927	140	1419	327	86	732	459	309	229	134	201	423	39	294	1290	324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:23AM 1.68		8:31PM 2.04	8:14AM 1.64		9:01PM 1.59	9:36AM 2.02		10:30PM 2.11	10:32AM 2.05		11:33PM 2.19	11:24AM 1.63		12:31AM 2.30	12:39PM 2.23		1:06AM 1.86		1:28PM 1.77	1:42AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	1:36AM 0.27		2:06PM 0.32	2:43AM 0.67		3:07PM 0.62	3:27AM 0.33		4:30PM 0.30		4:30AM 0.82	4:58PM 0.63		5:16AM 0.35	5:56PM 0.64		6:45AM 0.82	6:40PM 0.19		7:19AM 0.24		8:03PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	3	-	4	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	14	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	11	15	18	17	20	19	13	12	13	12
Low °C	10	11	14	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	9	13	14	14	15	15	10	12	12	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	13	10	14	11	11	13	12	13	12	12	10	15	18	17	20	19	10	11	13	12
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	2.2 S	0.8 ESE	1.2 SSE	2.0 S	0.6 E	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.8 S	2.1 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	12	10	9	10	12	10	10	11	9	8	8	8	12	10	14	6	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.2 S	0.7 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	13	7	10	10	-	19	12	17	11	11	14	11	10	11	10	11	7	10	11	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	1.8 S	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	8	-	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	3	-	-	12	7	7	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 24								Sunday 25								Monday 26
	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	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	5	8	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.9 S	1.7 E	1.8 SSW	1.4 E	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	1.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	7	11	7	11	7	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	12
Energy(?)	988	1072	797	740	1082	616	706	493	2634	455	390	452	3104	7454	444	2080	2002	1927	3466	3151	3068	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:23AM 1.68				9:14PM 1.66				8:44AM 2.03				9:27PM 2.06				9:11AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			1:36AM 0.27				2:06PM 0.32				2:43AM 0.67				3:07PM 0.62				3:09AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	5	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	12	11	15	12	14	11	12	12	12	13	13	16	15	14	12	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	11	8	14	10	13	7	11	12	12	13	11	16	15	13	10	10	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.1 ESE	1.7 E	0.9 ESE	1.4 E	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SE	3.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 E	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	14	14	8	13	8	11	7	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	19	9	9	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	-	0.3 W	-	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	7	10	-	3	-	12	12	-	12	11	10	10	10	10	10

	Friday 23				Saturday 24
	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	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	5	8	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.2 E	1.9 E	1.2 E	1.8 E	1.2 E	1.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.8 S	1.7 E	1.0 E	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	8	8	13	13	12	12	10
Energy(?)	1103	1145	988	688	1093	407	826	425	979	373	357	369	656	1014	284	533	548	1708	1945	2123	2401	697
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)													7:54AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)							1:36AM 0.27												1:47PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	1
High °C	12	12	12	13	12	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	15	16	15	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	11	10	11	9	10	8	10	11	11	11	8	14	15	14	10	9	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.2 E	1.9 E	1.2 E	1.8 E	1.2 E	1.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	14	10	7	14	14	14	14	13	14	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	-	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.2 SW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	7	-	7	7	6	8	8	8	13	13	12	12	7