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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	Sat		Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.7 SE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	16	15	9	10	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	172	232	264	68	167	105	88	362	601	1042	3187	3838	1836	1400	1151	1195	967	1096	869	629	537	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:40AM 1.88	4:07PM 1.99		4:31AM 1.85	5:03PM 1.97		5:27AM 1.80	5:50PM 1.90		6:48AM 1.71		8:24PM 1.83	7:54AM 1.67		8:33PM 1.80	9:02AM 1.66		9:40PM 1.78	10:56AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		9:56PM 0.09	9:52AM 0.06		10:27PM 0.12	10:47AM 0.09		11:27PM 0.18	11:47AM 0.14	12:10PM 0.13	12:48AM 0.19		1:10PM 0.17	2:24AM 0.26		2:14PM 0.19	2:56AM 0.26		3:50PM 0.27		4:32AM 0.32	4:18PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	10	11	10	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	11	9	10	14
Low °C	11	8	9	10	9	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	12
Chill °C (?)	13	9	9	9	9	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	6	8	6	8	7	10	9	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	5:57	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.2 S	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	14	8	15	9	10	10	10	8	9	14	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	16	7	4	5	19	18	10	16	14	14	13	13	13	17	16	14	13	18	7	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 SE	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	3	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	3

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Warrington Otago
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.3 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.4 S	1.7 SE	1.4 S	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	14	16	16	15	15	15	14	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	276	80	61	232	265	292	264	164	151	61	225	214	148	979	105	81	88	361	422	362	525	1013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)						3:39AM 1.88				3:52PM 1.97				5:46AM 1.78				5:20PM 1.92	6:17PM 1.89			5:45AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				9:31PM 0.08				9:52AM 0.06				10:46PM 0.13				11:05AM 0.10				11:45PM 0.17	12:30AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	9	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	8	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	16	15	9	7	8	8	8	9	10	8	9	8	8	5	6	6	5	4	5	4	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	1.4 S	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	16	15	15	15	14	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	9	8	16	7	7	7	9	9	14	13	5	12	19	19	18	18	10	10	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NE	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	2.3 S	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.7 SE	1.3 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	10	9	8	8	7	7	8	7	9

	Saturday 18											Sunday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Warrington Otago
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	16	7	7	16	7	7	7	7	15	7	15	8
Energy(?)	93	125	137	172	164	163	161	62	92	48	198	68	35	107	25	20	20	20	158	21	148	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)																3:55AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)										9:56PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	15	14	13	11	11	10	10	11	12	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	17	14	14	13	11	10	9	9	9	10	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	9	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	9	7	14	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	9	7	14	14	14	8	13	8	13	8	8	16	8	8	16	16	7	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3