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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	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	8	14	13	6	7	12	7	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	11	13	14	12	12	8
Energy(?)	43	103	46	336	350	82	91	155	78	171	201	248	117	217	211	183	103	202	232	279	394	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:13AM 1.66		1:18PM 1.66	2:57AM 1.68		3:15PM 1.60	3:39AM 1.71		3:16PM 1.59		4:21AM 1.72	4:39PM 1.63		5:03AM 1.74	5:20PM 1.63		4:57AM 1.75	4:33PM 1.76		5:35AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		6:57PM 0.35	7:59PM 0.41	7:30AM 0.38		8:47PM 0.38	8:16AM 0.34		9:31PM 0.35	10:02AM 0.37		10:13PM 0.31	10:43AM 0.34		10:54PM 0.29	11:22AM 0.32		10:39PM 0.24	11:10AM 0.31		11:20PM 0.23	11:51AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	13	12	11	11	14	11	14	14	10	11
Low °C	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	10	10	13	9	11	12	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	10	11	10	11	11	12	11	11	10	12	10	9	9	13	11	13	13	9	11
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	10	13	14	13	13	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	13	14	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	10	10	13	12	12	8	7	12	11	11	8	10	11	8	13	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	6	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	3

	Wednesday 14							Thursday 15								Friday 16
	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 - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	14	13	13	13	14	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	6	7	12	7	7
Energy(?)	234	224	88	72	279	230	435	294	303	338	80	323	350	303	319	306	290	80	121	479	111	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	1:27AM 1.64			12:31PM 1.66					2:13AM 1.66				2:31PM 1.59				2:57AM 1.68				2:36PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		6:41AM 0.41	7:42AM 0.46								7:39AM 0.47				8:47PM 0.38				8:24AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	12	12	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	6	8	10	8	8	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	4	4	-	-

	Wednesday 14
	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 - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	14	8	8	13	8	8
Energy(?)	234	237	118	108	226	100	64	88	88	89	10	91	91	103	103	103	230	26	45	420	49	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:27AM 1.64												1:47PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:08PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	16	14	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	8	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-