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 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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	Kakanui River Mouth Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Potato Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	9	20	18	10	16	14	15	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	110	176	227	47	374	317	266	149	188	47	130	34	34	39	44	54	26	63	44	78	14	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 2.06		7:35AM 1.61		8:56PM 1.54	9:23AM 1.63		9:48PM 1.57	8:32AM 1.79		10:42PM 1.62	10:08AM 2.06		10:26PM 1.57	12:01PM 1.70		11:10PM 1.67	12:54PM 1.73		12:13AM 1.77	12:23PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		1:06PM 0.86	1:19AM 0.34		1:34PM 0.41	2:49AM 0.33		2:23PM 0.41	3:37AM 0.33		4:07PM 0.33			4:25PM 0.33		5:28AM 0.30	5:56PM 0.27		6:30AM 0.27	6:55PM 0.22		6:48AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	3	-	2	2	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	5	4
High °C	18	18	12	20	13	11	15	12	10	13	12	11	13	13	12	13	14	12	12	12	10	10
Low °C	14	14	10	18	12	11	12	11	7	12	12	9	12	13	12	13	13	12	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	18	18	9	20	12	8	15	12	8	11	10	9	11	11	10	11	12	11	10	11	10	7
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	9	18	10	16	14	15	16	14	13	13	4	12	9	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.3 E	0.7 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	5	8	5	5	9	5	7	7	6	8	12	7	12	12	13	5	9	6	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	1.1 NE	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 E	-	0.5 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	7	5	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	3	-	4	8

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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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Possums Reef Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	2	1	2	3	0	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	1.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	20	8	18	18	17	16	16	16	10	9	9	14	14	15	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	240	75	214	103	292	621	203	282	269	500	303	309	52	111	64	317	292	263	285	302	228	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:46AM 2.15					8:06PM 1.52			6:52AM 1.77	8:33AM 1.63				7:44PM 1.49				9:23AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 0.33								2:03AM 0.33				1:52PM 0.84				2:49AM 0.33				2:22PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	1
Temp. °C	12	12	14	18	18	11	11	12	11	11	14	13	18	17	11	11	11	9	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	14	18	18	9	8	11	11	8	14	11	18	17	10	10	10	9	12	11	9	10
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	5	9	9	8	8	18	5	6	10	10	10	5	5	14	6	15	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	13	5	9	5	5	8	8	8	11	10	6	16	4	9	9	9	14	5	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	-	1.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	4	5	-	7	8	4	5	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	2

	Wednesday 24
	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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Possums Reef Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	2	1	2	3	0	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSE	1.4 SW	0.5 S	2.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	8	19	8	18	18	18
Energy(?)	311	105	242	200	264	184	153	199	147	256	111	111	38	138	14	92	313	350	868	421	294	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)							7:45AM 1.63											6:42PM 1.55		8:06PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 0.33												1:06PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	17	16	21	17	14	12	12	15	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	10	11	10	10	11	12	12	13	16	15	21	17	13	10	10	15	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 NE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	1.4 SW	0.6 SSE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	6	5	14	6	7	7	7	5	5	9	5	5	4	20	5	7	8	19	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	1.2 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	-	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	-	5	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	8	8	4	5	4