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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	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	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	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.7 NE	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	8	8	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	458	439	221	115	197	314	144	134	188	175	97	151	39	25	61	28	101	80	112	99	71	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	16	16	14	14	16	15	16	14	16	15	14	15	17
Low °C	13	15	13	13	13	11	12	12	10	13	15	12	14	16	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	17
Chill °C (?)	13	16	12	13	11	10	10	11	10	15	15	14	14	16	15	16	13	16	14	14	14	17
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:31	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.7 NE	0.6 E	0.9 SE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 NE	0.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	4	6	11	8	6	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	14	8	8	7	8	8	18	16	15	14	7	5	9	9	6	12	12	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	8	5	6	7	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	8

	Thursday 01					Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	554	431	386	445	333	296	263	165	154	134	80	53	200	213	347	331	210	128	134	181	105	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	14	15	12	11	11	12	13	14	13	13	11	9	8	9	11	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	12	13	14	11	10	10	10	12	13	11	11	8	7	6	7	10	10	11	11	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.8 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	13	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 01	Friday 02
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 SSE	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	622	458	458	561	490	491	491	386	293	293	251	308	355	406	333	328	100	296	262	263	248	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	13	16	17	16	16	14	17	17	16	16	14	13	12	13	14	12	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	16	17	16	16	13	17	17	16	15	13	12	11	11	13	10	10	10	12	10
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	14	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	8	5	8	5