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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Otago Wavefinder

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	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	2	0	0	3	4	3	2	4	0	5	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	4.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	2.4 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 SSE	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	14	11	13	18	15	11	14	11	10	9	12	12	16	16	11	10	13	13	10	10	10	13
Energy(?)	262	73	46	38	78	3579	117	1437	793	391	119	282	630	1777	194	208	2921	10153	777	1981	958	2084
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:42PM 1.78	11:10AM 1.67		11:44PM 1.80	12:11PM 1.70		12:43AM 1.82		1:08PM 1.74	1:38AM 1.84		1:29PM 2.25	2:30AM 1.86		2:52PM 1.81	3:02AM 2.43		2:56PM 1.77	2:44AM 1.96		3:21PM 1.84	3:58AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		4:39AM 0.33	5:02PM 0.30		5:47AM 0.35	6:11PM 0.29		6:55AM 0.33		7:18PM 0.26	7:56AM 0.29		8:19PM 0.23	8:51AM 0.25		8:28PM 0.53	8:27AM 0.16		9:10PM 0.08	9:32AM 0.10		9:45PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	7	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	15	17	18	16	15	13	12	15	14	16	15	15	11	11	12	11	14	14	11
Low °C	13	14	14	14	15	17	15	14	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	8	9	11	9	11	13	9
Chill °C (?)	12	13	11	12	16	17	16	14	11	12	14	12	16	14	15	8	7	9	9	14	12	8
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	3.0 E	2.4 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ESE	3.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	14	11	13	18	15	15	12	11	10	9	9	12	7	11	6	10	11	13	10	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	-	-	14	13	16	5	12	13	16	7	11	11	-	10	8	14	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.8 ENE	1.8 NE	-	1.8 SSW	-	0.4 NE	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	9	10	11	-	3	4	-	4	6	-	16	-	4	13	13	10	10	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	3.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	4.0 ENE	3.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	6	6	11	10	13	13	14	18	16	10	15	15	15	11	12	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	254	173	239	128	73	50	46	32	69	38	55	2222	78	73	71	4477	3037	3030	3353	1412	1437	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 1.78				11:10AM 1.67				11:44PM 1.80				12:11PM 1.70				12:05AM 1.77				12:26PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				4:39AM 0.33				5:02PM 0.30				5:24AM 0.77				5:44PM 0.66				6:18AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	17	17	18	16	16	15	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	16	16	18	16	16	14	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	6	6	11	10	13	9	14	18	16	10	15	15	15	11	12	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	12	14	12	11	11	11	13	18	10	10	-	-	-	-	15	14	14	13	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Wednesday 25				Thursday 26
	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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	1.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	1.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.4 SW	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	12	6	13	11	6	10	6	7	7	13	7
Energy(?)	225	224	319	320	259	262	262	239	239	265	215	51	284	90	73	145	50	385	708	565	62	736
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				10:42PM 1.78												10:32AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)										4:39AM 0.33												4:34PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	12	12	14	14	12	11	11	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	11	5	10	11	13	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	7	7	7	7