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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	Wed	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08
	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 - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 E	1.6 E	2.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	2.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	14	13	12	11	10	14	13	16	15	15	14	6	7	6	14	8	8	8	8	10
Energy(?)	726	909	1521	1149	374	339	161	91	162	537	464	479	264	371	460	292	114	888	269	306	386	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:50AM 1.80	5:13PM 1.80		5:35AM 1.75	5:57PM 1.76		6:19AM 1.69	6:42PM 1.71		7:04AM 1.62		7:28PM 1.66	7:51AM 1.56		8:16PM 1.61	8:40AM 1.51		9:07PM 1.57	8:37AM 1.41		8:40PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	10:46PM 0.20	11:07AM 0.21		11:29PM 0.22	11:47AM 0.24		12:10AM 0.27	12:27PM 0.29		12:51AM 0.32		1:06PM 0.34	1:32AM 0.37		1:46PM 0.39	2:14AM 0.43		2:29PM 0.44	2:58AM 0.47		2:26PM 0.54	3:06AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	18	20	20	18	19	17	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	15	13	14	17	14	15
Low °C	15	17	20	17	16	16	11	10	10	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	18	20	20	18	19	17	8	10	9	9	9	8	9	11	11	14	10	13	17	13	15
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.3 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	14	13	12	11	10	7	13	16	15	15	14	13	12	11	8	13	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	4	13	12	12	11	11	14	10	7	8	7	15	10	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 E	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	3	4	5	6	7	6	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	10	14	13
Energy(?)	1214	1115	716	599	596	1035	1521	1245	1041	1149	637	541	514	285	239	237	333	265	241	73	91	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:50AM 1.80				5:13PM 1.80				5:35AM 1.75				5:57PM 1.76				5:25AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46PM 0.20				11:07AM 0.21				11:29PM 0.22				11:47AM 0.24				12:10AM 0.27				11:11AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	16	15	15	17	18	20	20	20	19	17	16	16	18	19	18	18	17	17	16	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	16	15	15	17	18	20	20	20	19	17	16	16	18	19	18	18	17	17	16	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	13	13	15	12	10	12	12	10	11	11	11	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	4

	Wednesday 01				Thursday 02
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1447	1359	905	793	750	1115	1100	728	716	994	681	599	954	589	596	596	1110	1035	1035	560	1271	1279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:50AM 1.80												4:02PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)				10:46PM 0.20													11:07AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	17	18	18	18	19	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	17	18	18	18	19	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	4	13	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-